Thursday, February 26, 1970

From the day

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The Headlines

Mark Rothko, Artist, A Suicide Here at 66

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Bridge over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

#1 at the box office

$480,750

The must-have

Lite-Brite

You Share a Birthday With

• Victor Hugo (1802)
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954)
• Ariel Sharon (1928)
• Johnny Cash (1932)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564)

Slang

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)