From the day
On the date
Tuesday, October 16, 1979
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The Headlines
Deputy Mayor Wagner Treads Familiar Path at City Hall
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rise
Herb Alpert
#1 at the box office
When a Stranger Calls
$1,593,114
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
17,034 days ago
(46 years, 244 days)