From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 24, 1979
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The Headlines
In the Land. of Logical Absurdities
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward
#1 at the box office
Rocky II
$2,747,481
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Claudia Sheinbaum (1962)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
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
17,148 days ago
(46 years, 358 days)