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Thursday, August 2, 1973
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The Headlines
A ‘Wholesale Holdup’ of Consumers Suspected
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Morning After
Maureen McGovern
#1 at the box office
Live and Let Die
$514,950
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
On This Day
A flash fire kills 50 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
19,300 days ago
(52 years, 320 days)