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On the date
Thursday, October 25, 1979
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The Headlines
Panel of Inquiry Seeks New Curbs On Atom Plants
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rise
Herb Alpert
#1 at the box office
When a Stranger Calls
$1,437,056
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
17,026 days ago
(46 years, 236 days)