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On the date
Tuesday, March 13, 1979
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The Headlines
Some Drugs Found to Alter Fetal Brains
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
The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1942)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
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
17,251 days ago
(47 years, 96 days)