From the day
On the date
Friday, February 9, 1979
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The Headlines
Two Seized in Bank Holdup
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rod Stewart
#1 at the box office
The Warriors
$2,159,182
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,283 days ago
(47 years, 128 days)