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Tuesday, December 12, 1972
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The Headlines
THIEU PROPOSES A HOLIDAY TRUCE, P.O.W. EXCHANGE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Me and Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
#1 at the box office
Lady Sings the Blues
$468,245
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Jennifer Connelly (1970)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
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
19,533 days ago
(53 years, 188 days)