From the day
On the date
Sunday, November 4, 1979
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The Headlines
Racial Issue Clouds Sale of Roslyn Church
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Heartache Tonight
Eagles
#1 at the box office
When a Stranger Calls
$1,432,139
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Matthew McConaughey (1969)
- Laura Bush (1946)
- Tony Abbott (1957)
- Traian Băsescu (1951)
- Luís Figo (1972)
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
17,016 days ago
(46 years, 226 days)