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Saturday, September 22, 1979
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The Headlines
KEY SCOTTO WITNESS ADMITS OWN CRIMES
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 bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Andrea Bocelli (1958)
- Ségolène Royal (1953)
- Saul Perlmutter (1959)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
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
17,058 days ago
(46 years, 268 days)