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Monday, July 31, 1972
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The Headlines
City Youth Aide Seized in Car For Using a Forged License
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 †
$1,275,435
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
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You Share a Birthday With
- J. K. Rowling (1965)
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
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
19,667 days ago
(53 years, 322 days)