From the day
On the date
Friday, December 28, 1979
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The Headlines
Book Characters Come Alive
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
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- Linus Torvalds (1969)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955)
- Denzel Washington (1954)
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
16,961 days ago
(46 years, 171 days)