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Sunday, August 20, 1972
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The Headlines
BILLINNAM HURLS A 3‐HIT SHUTOUT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Looking Glass
#1 at the box office
The Godfather †
$610,810
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
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
19,647 days ago
(53 years, 302 days)