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Tuesday, May 23, 1972
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The Headlines
SAIGON'S FORCES REPEL 2D ATTACK NORTH OF HUE LINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Oh Girl
The Chi-Lites
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$3,188,000
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Anatoly Karpov (1951)
- Alan García (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
19,736 days ago
(54 years, 26 days)