Friday, November 13, 1970

From the day

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The Headlines

Navy to Allow Beer, Beards, Hard Rock

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I'll Be There

The Jackson 5

#1 at the box office

$382,314

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

• Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (150 mph) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Augustine of Hippo (354)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
• Whoopi Goldberg (1955)
• Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953)
• Edward III (1312)

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)