From the day
On the date
Sunday, March 4, 1979
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The Headlines
Ma Bell's $9‐Billion Captive
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
#1 at the box office
Superman †
$1,082,516
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
- Miriam Makeba (1932)
- Khaled Hosseini (1965)
- François Fillon (1954)
- Kyriakos Mitsotakis (1968)
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
17,260 days ago
(47 years, 105 days)