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On the date
Saturday, March 10, 1979
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The Headlines
South African Retracts Threat to Sell Scandal Secrets
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
#1 at the box office
Superman †
$1,035,227
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
1979 International Women's Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the Courthouse of Tehran.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Osama bin Laden (1957)
- Alexander III of Russia (1845)
- Chuck Norris (1940)
- Sharon Stone (1958)
- Sepp Blatter (1936)
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
17,255 days ago
(47 years, 100 days)