From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 23, 1973
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The Headlines
Top Democratic Senators Move to Right on Defense
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Time in a Bottle
Jim Croce
#1 at the box office
Serpico
$907,102
The must-have
Shrinky Dinks
You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
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
19,157 days ago
(52 years, 177 days)