On the date

Saturday, January 6, 1973

From the day

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The Headlines

STRIKE ON PENNSY IS SET FOR FRIDAY

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Carly Simon

#1 at the box office

$874,800

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1973

Tech Check

Cell Phone (Call), Ethernet & MRI Scanner.

Cost of Living (1970)

Loaf of Bread

$0.25

Gallon of Gas

$0.36

Average Home

$17,000

New Car

$3,450

Time Elapsed

19,508 days ago

(53 years, 163 days)