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Monday, April 19, 1971
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The Headlines
NEW ALLIED DRIVE NOT STARTED YET, U.S. AIDES ASSERT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
#1 at the box office
Patton/MASH (double bill)
$740,421
The must-have
Uno
On This Day
Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
Wikipedia →Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
Wikipedia →Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Mswati III (1968)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Mukesh Ambani (1957)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
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
20,137 days ago
(55 years, 62 days)