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On the date

Tuesday, February 29, 1972

From the day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Without You

Nilsson

The must-have

Pong (Atari)

On This Day

  • South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from South Vietnam as part of Nixon's Vietnamization policy in the Vietnam War.

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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 1972

  • I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse

Tech Check

Video Games (Pong), C Programming Language & HBO (Cable TV).

Cost of Living (1970)

Loaf of Bread

$0.25

Gallon of Gas

$0.36

Average Home

$17,000

New Car

$3,450

Time Elapsed

19,820 days ago

(54 years, 110 days)