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Monday, September 13, 1971
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The Headlines
ATTICA PRISONERS WIN 28 DEMANDS, BUT STILL RESIST
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Go Away Little Girl
Donny Osmond
#1 at the box office
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
$283,000
The must-have
Uno
On This Day
Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
Wikipedia →State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Óscar Arias (1940)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
Trucker Cb
Funk Soul
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
19,989 days ago
(54 years, 279 days)