On the date

Sunday, January 17, 1971

From the day

Memories from that day

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The Headlines

The Robinson Crusoe Bit—Sans Friday

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Dawn

#1 at the box office

$926,100

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1971

Tech Check

Microprocessor (Intel 4004), Email & Soft Contact Lenses.

Cost of Living (1970)

Loaf of Bread

$0.25

Gallon of Gas

$0.36

Average Home

$17,000

New Car

$3,450

Time Elapsed

20,228 days ago

(55 years, 153 days)