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On the date
Saturday, November 10, 1979
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The Headlines
IN TEHERAN, PRAYERS AND DEATH CHANTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Heartache Tonight
Eagles
#1 at the box office
...And Justice for All
$1,222,477
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther (1483)
- Friedrich Schiller (1759)
- Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919)
- Ennio Morricone (1928)
- Richard Burton (1925)
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
17,009 days ago
(46 years, 219 days)