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On the date
Wednesday, June 6, 1979
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The Headlines
Harvard Class of '54 — Achievers Who Sleep Soundly at Night
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love You Inside Out
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Alien
$1,965,402
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
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
17,166 days ago
(47 years, 11 days)