On the date

Tuesday, May 29, 1973

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The Headlines

Levitt Says City Overpaid $6.3‐Million on Textbooks

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Paul McCartney & Wings

#1 at the box office

$791,700

The must-have

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

19,366 days ago

(53 years, 21 days)