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Tuesday, June 12, 1979
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The Headlines
Hanoi Regime Reported Resolved To Oust Nearly All Ethnic Chinese
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
Alien
$1,721,543
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man-powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- George H. W. Bush (1924)
- Anne Frank (1929)
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Jordan Peterson (1962)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
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
17,160 days ago
(47 years, 5 days)