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Monday, November 19, 1979
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The Headlines
Thais Will Open Border This Week For Huge New Flow of Cambodians
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
#1 at the box office
...And Justice for All
$1,098,879
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Jodie Foster (1962)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
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
17,001 days ago
(46 years, 211 days)