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Friday, April 7, 1972
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The Headlines
EGYPT BREAKS OFF TIES WITH JORDAN OVER HUSSEIN PLAN
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 †
$2,348,100
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
Vietnam War: Communist forces overrun the South Vietnamese town of Loc Ninh.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackie Chan (1954)
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Russell Crowe (1964)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
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
19,782 days ago
(54 years, 72 days)