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On the date

Tuesday, June 20, 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

  • Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.

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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

19,708 days ago

(53 years, 363 days)