From the day
On the date
Friday, February 16, 1979
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The Headlines
Two Children Perish, Four Firemen Hurt in 122d Street Blaze
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
$1,963,705
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- John McEnroe (1959)
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
17,276 days ago
(47 years, 121 days)