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On the date
Sunday, August 19, 1979
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The Headlines
Charter‐Revision Bid Is Pushed in Passaic
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Sharona
The Knack
#1 at the box office
Star Wars (reissue)
$2,058,618
The must-have
Sony Walkman
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
17,092 days ago
(46 years, 302 days)