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On the date
Friday, September 14, 1979
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The Headlines
WEEKENDER GUIDE
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
Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Dmitry Medvedev (1965)
- Pope Leo XIV (1955)
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- Renzo Piano (1937)
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
17,066 days ago
(46 years, 276 days)