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On the date
Sunday, October 7, 1979
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The Headlines
Blacks Fear Loss of Stake In Spinney Hill Business Project
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Starting Over
$970,650
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Swissair Flight 316 crashes at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, killing 14.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Vladimir Putin (1952)
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- María Corina Machado (1967)
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
17,043 days ago
(46 years, 253 days)