From the day
On the date
Sunday, July 4, 1971
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The Headlines
Pentagon Papers: After Tet, Study Reports, Joint Chiefs Sought Virtual Mobilization
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King
#1 at the box office
Love Story †
$1,116,951
The must-have
Uno
You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)
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
20,061 days ago
(54 years, 351 days)