From the day
On the date
Monday, May 21, 1979
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The Headlines
Swindlers in Arizona Said to Make Millions
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
On This Day
White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Mary Robinson (1944)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
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
17,182 days ago
(47 years, 27 days)