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Thursday, June 14, 1979
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The Headlines
Rockefeller Warns on Petrodollars
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
Rocky II
$2,570,683
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Donald Trump (1946)
- Che Guevara (1928)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Steffi Graf (1969)
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
17,158 days ago
(47 years, 3 days)