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Thursday, January 22, 1970
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The Headlines
Substitute 747 OH for London; Engine Trouble Causes Delay
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
B. J. Thomas
#1 at the box office
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$384,598
The must-have
Lite-Brite
On This Day
The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Floppy Disk, Digital Watch & Boeing 747 (Service).
Style of 1970
Silhouette: Long and lean
Material: Polyester and corduroy
- Maxi dresses
- Platform shoes
- Leisure suits
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
20,589 days ago
(56 years, 149 days)