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Tuesday, December 19, 1972
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The Headlines
PHONE COMPANY SEEKS INCREASES OF $306‐MILLION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Me and Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
#1 at the box office
Man of La Mancha
$365,996
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
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
19,527 days ago
(53 years, 182 days)