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On the date
Tuesday, February 13, 1979
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The Headlines
Mayas' Fall Linked To Decline of Elite
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
On This Day
An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- Robbie Williams (1974)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Anders Behring Breivik (1979)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
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
17,279 days ago
(47 years, 124 days)