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On the date
Saturday, December 1, 1979
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The Headlines
Pontiff and Orthodox Leader Pledge Accord ‘Exaltation of Temptation’
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
$965,755
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Escobar (1949)
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Sebastián Piñera (1949)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
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
16,988 days ago
(46 years, 198 days)