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Saturday, June 2, 1979
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The Headlines
MAY'S JOBLESS RATE IS LEVEL DESPITE DIP IN ECONOMY'S VIGOR
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
Alien
$1,965,402
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
17,170 days ago
(47 years, 15 days)