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On the date
Friday, June 2, 1972
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The Headlines
Europe's Airports Tighten Security in Wake of Raid
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'll Take You There
The Staple Singers
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$2,691,200
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
19,726 days ago
(54 years, 16 days)