From the day
On the date
Monday, October 29, 1979
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The Headlines
Striving for 100%, 100% of the Time
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pop Muzik
Herb Alpert
#1 at the box office
When a Stranger Calls
$1,437,056
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Winona Ryder (1971)
- Edwin van der Sar (1970)
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
17,021 days ago
(46 years, 231 days)