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Monday, October 16, 1972
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The Headlines
7 Run Quietly for 3 Seats On State Court of Appeals
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Ding-a-Ling
Chuck Berry
#1 at the box office
The New Centurions
$429,950
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
19,590 days ago
(53 years, 245 days)