Wednesday, April 4, 1979

From the day

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The Headlines

Jane Byrne, With Machine Help, Sweeps Mayoral Vote in Chicago

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

#1 at the box office

$2,326,181

The must-have

Sony Walkman

On This Day

• Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Maya Angelou (1928)
• Robert Downey Jr. (1965)
• Heath Ledger (1979)
• Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
• Caracalla (188)

Slang

Tech Check

Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).

Cost of Living (1975)