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On the date

Sunday, November 28, 1971

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Family Affair

Sly and the Family Stone

The must-have

Uno

On This Day

  • Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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  • Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1971

  • You deserve a break today

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

19,913 days ago

(54 years, 203 days)