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Friday, October 12, 1973
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The Headlines
U,S ARID TO DEFER MAJORRIS HELP
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Half-Breed
Cher
#1 at the box office
The Cheerleaders/Fritz the Cat (double bill)
$260,000
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
On This Day
President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Hugh Jackman (1968)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
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
19,229 days ago
(52 years, 249 days)