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Saturday, November 14, 1970
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The Headlines
Budge Will Leave S.E.C. When Congress Adjourns
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'll Be There
The Jackson 5
#1 at the box office
Five Easy Pieces
$382,314
The must-have
Lite-Brite
On This Day
Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
Wikipedia →Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Charles III (1948)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
- Condoleezza Rice (1954)
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
20,293 days ago
(55 years, 218 days)