From the day
On the date
Wednesday, January 2, 1974
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The Headlines
Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska Win
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Time in a Bottle
Jim Croce
#1 at the box office
Papillon
$1,463,300
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
UPC Barcode, Rubik's Cube & Post-it Notes.
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
19,147 days ago
(52 years, 167 days)