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On the date
Tuesday, July 24, 1979
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The Headlines
Counsel for Senate Ethics Panel Said to Ask Censure for Talmadge
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Jennifer Lopez (1969)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
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
17,118 days ago
(46 years, 328 days)