From the day
On the date
Saturday, June 23, 1979
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The Headlines
Republic, J.&L. Raise Steel Prices
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
Rocky II
$2,747,481
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Alan Turing (1912)
- Zinedine Zidane (1972)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Martti Ahtisaari (1937)
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
17,149 days ago
(46 years, 359 days)