From the day
On the date
Monday, November 2, 1970
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The Headlines
The Case History of a Housing Failure
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'll Be There
The Jackson 5
#1 at the box office
Trog/Taste the Blood of Dracula (double bill)
$300,000
The must-have
Lite-Brite
You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Shah Rukh Khan (1965)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
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
20,305 days ago
(55 years, 230 days)