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Saturday, April 7, 1979
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The Headlines
U.S. AID TO PAKISTAN CUT AFTER EVIDENCE OF ATOM ARMS PUN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
#1 at the box office
The China Syndrome
$2,036,307
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackie Chan (1954)
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Russell Crowe (1964)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
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
17,226 days ago
(47 years, 71 days)