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On the date

Thursday, November 8, 1973

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Keep on Truckin'

Eddie Kendricks

The must-have

Shrinky Dinks

On This Day

  • The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1973

  • I am not a crook

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 RecessionOPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.

Time Elapsed

19,202 days ago

(52 years, 222 days)