On the date

Friday, October 20, 1972

From the day

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The Headlines

News Analysis

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Chuck Berry

#1 at the box office

$525,000

The must-have

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1972

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

19,586 days ago

(53 years, 241 days)