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Wednesday, June 20, 1979
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The Headlines
WINE TALK A Calm Look at Sulfur Dioxide
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
On This Day
ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan National Guard soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle during the Nicaraguan Revolution. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicole Kidman (1967)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Frank Lampard (1978)
- John Goodman (1952)
- Martin Landau (1928)
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
17,152 days ago
(46 years, 362 days)