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On the date
Saturday, August 25, 1979
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The Headlines
U.S. Halts Soviet Airliner to Ask If Dancer's Wife Is Going Freely
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Sharona
The Knack
#1 at the box office
The Muppet Movie
$1,037,414
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Tim Burton (1958)
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
17,086 days ago
(46 years, 296 days)