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Wednesday, March 22, 1972
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The Headlines
Long Residency for Voting Upset by Supreme Court
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
A Horse with No Name
America
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$568,800
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
Wikipedia →In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
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
19,798 days ago
(54 years, 88 days)