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On the date
Wednesday, November 28, 1979
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The Headlines
Chase Sets 15¼% Prime; Most Banks Stay at 15¾%
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
$1,426,059
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
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
16,992 days ago
(46 years, 202 days)