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Saturday, July 21, 1979
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The Headlines
City Awarded Pact for 837 Buses. Despite Defects Found in Vehicle
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
Dracula
$1,435,465
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Jay Silverheels, a Mohawk actor, becomes the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Robin Williams (1951)
- Stefan Löfven (1957)
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971)
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
17,122 days ago
(46 years, 332 days)