From the day
On the date
Saturday, March 17, 1973
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The Headlines
Industrial Output Up Sharply; Housing Starts Are Off Slightly
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Killing Me Softly with His Song
Roberta Flack
#1 at the box office
The Poseidon Adventure †
$438,100
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
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
19,438 days ago
(53 years, 93 days)