From the day
On the date
Sunday, September 16, 1979
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The Headlines
Russians in Cuba; A Red Herring?
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
Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
17,064 days ago
(46 years, 274 days)