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On the date
Monday, October 8, 1979
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The Headlines
Can Morgan Stanley Cling to Sole Managing?
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Matt Damon (1970)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
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
17,042 days ago
(46 years, 252 days)