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Tuesday, December 26, 1972
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The Headlines
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Noted Indian Statesman, Dies
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Me and Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
#1 at the box office
The Poseidon Adventure
$777,700
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Jared Leto (1971)
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
19,520 days ago
(53 years, 175 days)