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On the date
Wednesday, July 25, 1979
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The Headlines
June Orders Of Durables Down 1.1%
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
In accord with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
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)