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Tuesday, February 9, 1971
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The Headlines
Most States Plan Tax Increases Despite Efforts to Slash Costs
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
One Bad Apple
The Osmonds
#1 at the box office
The Owl and the Pussycat
$1,051,428
The must-have
Uno
On This Day
Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
Wikipedia →Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
Wikipedia →The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
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
20,205 days ago
(55 years, 130 days)