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On the date
Tuesday, July 11, 1972
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The Headlines
Japanese, on Trial, Admits Role in Israeli Killings
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lean on Me
Bill Withers
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$1,112,900
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
19,688 days ago
(53 years, 343 days)