From the day
On the date
Tuesday, April 24, 1979
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The Headlines
EDUCATION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Heart of Glass
Blondie
#1 at the box office
The Deer Hunter
$1,340,362
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, dies after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Barbra Streisand (1942)
- Shirley MacLaine (1934)
- Carl Spitteler (1845)
- Philippe Pétain (1856)
- Sachin Tendulkar (1973)
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
17,209 days ago
(47 years, 54 days)