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Thursday, September 13, 1979
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The Headlines
Chrysler 3d‐Quarter Loss Seen as Twice That of 2d
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Sharona
The Knack
#1 at the box office
North Dallas Forty
$557,813
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Fabio Cannavaro (1973)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
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
17,067 days ago
(46 years, 277 days)