From the day
On the date
Saturday, June 9, 1979
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The Headlines
Mugabe Warns West on Ties
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love You Inside Out
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Alien
$1,721,543
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Johnny Depp (1963)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Miroslav Klose (1978)
- Michael J. Fox (1961)
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
17,163 days ago
(47 years, 8 days)