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Saturday, February 7, 1970
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The Headlines
NATION'S JOBLESS INCREASE SHARPLY TO 3.9% IN MONTH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Venus
Shocking Blue
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl
$795,000
The must-have
Lite-Brite
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (1906)
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
20,573 days ago
(56 years, 133 days)