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On the date
Monday, December 10, 1979
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The Headlines
G.M. Sees A ‘Mild’ Downturn
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Babe
Styx
#1 at the box office
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
$5,643,078
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Brian Molko (1972)
- Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975)
- Meg White (1974)
- Gabriela Spanic (1973)
- Josip Skoko (1975)
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
16,979 days ago
(46 years, 189 days)