From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 19, 1979
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The Headlines
New Starts In Housing Down 14%
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
#1 at the box office
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
$3,064,569
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
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
16,971 days ago
(46 years, 181 days)