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Thursday, July 20, 1972
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The Headlines
Front Page 2 ‐‐ No Title
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lean on Me
Bill Withers
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$1,316,800
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Petrarch (1304)
- Edmund Hillary (1919)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Carlos Alazraqui (1962)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
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
19,678 days ago
(53 years, 333 days)