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Tuesday, August 14, 1979
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The Headlines
Retail Sales; Up by 0.4%; From June; Retail Sales; Up By 0.4%; From June
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Good Times
Chic
#1 at the box office
The Amityville Horror
$2,256,732
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Halle Berry (1966)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Magic Johnson (1959)
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
17,097 days ago
(46 years, 307 days)