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On the date
Saturday, November 17, 1979
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT REQUESTS HELP OF GOVERNORS IN OIL CONSERVATION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Still
Commodores
#1 at the box office
...And Justice for All
$1,098,879
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Rachel McAdams (1978)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
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
17,002 days ago
(46 years, 212 days)