From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 3, 1972
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The Headlines
5 Dead, 77 Missing In Idaho Mine Fire
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 †
$1,574,200
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- James Brown (1933)
- Steven Weinberg (1933)
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
19,756 days ago
(54 years, 46 days)