From the day
On the date
Thursday, June 28, 1979
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The Headlines
Camp Gear: Bringing It All Home
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward
#1 at the box office
Moonraker
$3,585,238
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Elon Musk (1971)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
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
17,145 days ago
(46 years, 355 days)