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Wednesday, November 7, 1973
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The Headlines
AGENCY PROPOSES RISE OF $5‐BILLION FOR HEALTH COSTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Keep on Truckin'
Eddie Kendricks
#1 at the box office
Billy Jack (reissue)
$2,085,425
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
On This Day
The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
Meanwhile
- Oil Crisis Recession — OPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.
Time Elapsed
19,203 days ago
(52 years, 223 days)