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On the date
Monday, April 9, 1979
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The Headlines
Europe's Money Pact: Calm Start
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
What a Fool Believes
The Doobie Brothers
#1 at the box office
The China Syndrome
$2,036,307
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Hugh Hefner (1926)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
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
17,225 days ago
(47 years, 70 days)