From the day
On the date
Friday, May 18, 1979
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The Headlines
City Is Studying Why Lintel Fell, Killing Student
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Reunited
Peaches & Herb
#1 at the box office
Manhattan
$1,241,692
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
17,185 days ago
(47 years, 30 days)