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On the date
Friday, November 2, 1979
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The Headlines
MOBILIZATION BOARD FOR FUEL PROJECTS CLEARED BY HOUSE WHITE HOUSE PLEASED BY VOTE Measure Exceeds Aims of Senate and Carter With Provision to Waive Substantive Law
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
$1,432,139
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Shah Rukh Khan (1965)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
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
17,017 days ago
(46 years, 227 days)