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Sunday, March 29, 1970
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The Headlines
Syria Reports Seizing Outposts; Israel Dismisses Raid as Minor
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bridge over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
#1 at the box office
Airport †
$747,400
The must-have
Lite-Brite
You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- John Major (1943)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Vangelis (1943)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
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
20,523 days ago
(56 years, 83 days)