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On the date
Wednesday, October 31, 1979
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The Headlines
CORRECTION
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
On This Day
Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Peter Jackson (1961)
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
17,019 days ago
(46 years, 229 days)