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Tuesday, April 18, 1972
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The Headlines
Rogers Defends Bombing; Warns of Further Moves
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Roberta Flack
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$1,978,300
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- David Ricardo (1772)
- Michael D. Higgins (1941)
- James Woods (1947)
- Samuel P. Huntington (1927)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1480)
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
19,772 days ago
(54 years, 62 days)