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Tuesday, May 16, 1972
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The Headlines
Court Exempts the Amish From Going to High School
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
An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pierce Brosnan (1953)
- Janet Jackson (1966)
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
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
19,743 days ago
(54 years, 33 days)