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On the date
Sunday, January 6, 1974
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The Headlines
Wilson Planning to Offer Daily, Fast‐Action Lottery
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Joker
Steve Miller Band
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist †
$1,007,800
The must-have
Connect 4
On This Day
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
Wikipedia →Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Eminem (1955)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Rowan Atkinson (1955)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
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
19,143 days ago
(52 years, 163 days)