From the day
On the date
Sunday, July 23, 1972
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
The Pilgrims Keep Coming to Times Square, the Tarnished Mecca
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$1,316,800
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
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
19,675 days ago
(53 years, 330 days)