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On the date
Thursday, October 12, 1972
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The Headlines
Inmates in Capital Seize 10 Hostages, Release Them All After 22 Hours
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ben
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
The New Centurions
$429,950
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Hugh Jackman (1968)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
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
19,594 days ago
(53 years, 249 days)