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Friday, July 21, 1972
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The Headlines
O'BRIEN GETS POST IN MOVERN DRIVE
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)
On This Day
The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Robin Williams (1951)
- Stefan Löfven (1957)
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971)
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
19,677 days ago
(53 years, 332 days)