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Sunday, August 15, 1971
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The Headlines
Cooperation Among the Contenders Is Sought by Party Chairman
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
The Andromeda Strain
$479,000
The must-have
Uno
On This Day
Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia →President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
- Gerty Cori (1896)
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
20,018 days ago
(54 years, 308 days)