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Saturday, March 21, 1970
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The Headlines
Nixon Urges Tax Benefits To Spur Small Business
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bridge over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
#1 at the box office
Airport †
$741,500
The must-have
Lite-Brite
On This Day
The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
Wikipedia →San Diego Comic-Con, the largest pop and culture festival in the world, hosts its inaugural event.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Jair Bolsonaro (1955)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Ayrton Senna (1960)
- Gary Oldman (1958)
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
20,530 days ago
(56 years, 90 days)