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On the date
Wednesday, November 14, 1979
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The Headlines
New York Sales Gains Continue Climb; New York Sales Climb
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Still
Commodores
#1 at the box office
...And Justice for All
$1,222,477
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Charles III (1948)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Josh Duhamel (1972)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
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
17,005 days ago
(46 years, 215 days)