From the day
On the date
Monday, February 12, 1979
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The Headlines
Gold ‘Fixing’: London Tradition
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
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
17,280 days ago
(47 years, 125 days)