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On the date
Thursday, October 4, 1979
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The Headlines
19,000 Young People Cheer A Playful Pontiff at Garden
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sad Eyes
Robert John
#1 at the box office
Starting Over
$970,650
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
17,046 days ago
(46 years, 256 days)