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On the date
Friday, December 21, 1979
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The Headlines
Upstate Judges Are Bitter About Temporary Transfers
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
$2,778,258
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Emmanuel Macron (1977)
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Mikheil Saakashvili (1967)
- Hu Jintao (1942)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
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
16,969 days ago
(46 years, 179 days)