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On the date
Saturday, May 1, 1971
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The Headlines
Russians Said to Have Let 1,300 Jews Leave in April
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)
$373,100
The must-have
Uno
On This Day
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
20,124 days ago
(55 years, 49 days)