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On the date
Friday, March 2, 1979
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The Headlines
NCR Unveils Computers; Technology In New Era
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
Superman †
$1,082,516
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Daniel Craig (1968)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
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
17,262 days ago
(47 years, 107 days)