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On the date
Thursday, April 19, 1979
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The Headlines
Di Giorgio Seeking Its Niche
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Knock on Wood
Amii Stewart
#1 at the box office
The Deer Hunter
$1,340,362
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Kate Hudson (1979)
- James Franco (1978)
- Mswati III (1968)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
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
17,214 days ago
(47 years, 59 days)