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On the date
Thursday, January 11, 1973
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The Headlines
‘Peak of Fear’ 29‐Hour Hijacking Ordeal
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
You're So Vain
Carly Simon
#1 at the box office
The Poseidon Adventure †
$634,500
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
On This Day
Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Kailash Satyarthi (1954)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
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
19,503 days ago
(53 years, 158 days)