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Thursday, May 18, 1972
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The Headlines
NIXON WILL STRESS BUSINESS ON TRIP
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 †
$3,188,000
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (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
19,741 days ago
(54 years, 31 days)