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Thursday, August 3, 1972
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The Headlines
Senators Seek to Bolster U.S. Arms‐Pact Position
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 †
$895,500
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- James Hetfield (1963)
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
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
19,664 days ago
(53 years, 319 days)