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On the date

Wednesday, June 14, 1972

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Candy Man

Sammy Davis Jr.

The must-have

Pong (Atari)

On This Day

  • Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1972

  • I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse

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

19,714 days ago

(54 years, 4 days)