From the day
On the date
Friday, May 25, 1979
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The Headlines
PARKING REGULATIONS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Reunited
Peaches & Herb
#1 at the box office
Alien
$2,327,321
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
Wikipedia →John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Ian McKellen (1939)
- Cillian Murphy (1976)
- Mike Myers (1963)
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
17,179 days ago
(47 years, 24 days)