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Saturday, May 13, 1972
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The Headlines
HANOI'S RESIDENTS REPORTED LEAVING
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 †
$1,164,700
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
Wikipedia →A fire occurs in the Sennichi Department Store in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators result in 118 fatalities (many victims leaping to their deaths).
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
19,746 days ago
(54 years, 36 days)