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Friday, April 20, 1979
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The Headlines
$90 Million Renovation At Lexington and 46th
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
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
17,213 days ago
(47 years, 58 days)