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Thursday, September 20, 1979
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The Headlines
Winds and Heat Hamper Firefighters in California
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Sharona
The Knack
#1 at the box office
Monty Python's Life of Brian
$1,262,773
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sophia Loren (1934)
- George R. R. Martin (1948)
- Tarō Asō (1940)
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
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
17,060 days ago
(46 years, 270 days)