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On the date
Saturday, July 18, 1970
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The Headlines
Many Big Projects Near City Stymied By Public Protests
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
#1 at the box office
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
$707,000
The must-have
Lite-Brite
On This Day
An Antonov An-22 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 23 aboard.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- Vin Diesel (1967)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
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
20,412 days ago
(55 years, 337 days)