From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 12, 1971
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The Headlines
EVERY week, more than 26,000 Jobs are advertised In The New York Times. See the Employment Columns today.—Advt.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
#1 at the box office
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice/Cactus Flower (double bill)
$340,000
The must-have
Uno
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
20,113 days ago
(55 years, 38 days)