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Thursday, December 27, 1979
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The Headlines
Reactor Closings Asked if Utilities Lack Evacuation Plans for Locales
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
$3,287,481
The must-have
Sony Walkman
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Salman Khan (1965)
- Gérard Depardieu (1948)
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
16,962 days ago
(46 years, 172 days)