From the day
On the date
Wednesday, September 5, 1979
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The Headlines
Holiday Inns to Buy Harrah's
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Sharona
The Knack
#1 at the box office
The Muppet Movie
$1,060,063
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
17,075 days ago
(46 years, 285 days)