Wednesday, September 2, 1970

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The Headlines

60 Reported Dead In Guinea of Cholera

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

War

Edwin Starr

#1 at the box office

Getting Straight

$568,500

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

• NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.

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• Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Keanu Reeves (1964)
• Keir Starmer (1962)
• Salma Hayek (1966)
• Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
• Frederick Soddy (1877)

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)