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Thursday, April 12, 1979
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The Headlines
14 Strikers and 11 Police Officers Are Hurt in Clash As Brooklyn Daily Brings In Tank Truck of Raw Milk
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 Deer Hunter
$1,927,378
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Tom Clancy (1947)
- Claire Danes (1979)
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
17,222 days ago
(47 years, 67 days)