On the date

Saturday, December 8, 1979

From the day

Memories from that day

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The Headlines

Concorde and Air Force Fighters Came Within 10 Feet Near Jersey

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Styx

#1 at the box office

$5,643,078

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1979

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

16,981 days ago

(46 years, 191 days)