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Thursday, April 20, 1972
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The Headlines
PRODUCTION RISES IN FIRST QUARTER; INFLATION UP, TOO
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 †
$1,775,800
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
Apollo program: Apollo 16 Lunar Module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the Moon.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
19,770 days ago
(54 years, 60 days)