From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 4, 1971
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The Headlines
City and Welfare Union Set A Tentative 27% Increase
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Willard
$755,500
The must-have
Uno
You Share a Birthday With
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)
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
20,029 days ago
(54 years, 319 days)