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Friday, January 11, 1974
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The Headlines
Encyclopaedia Britannica Plans 1st Major Change in 200 Years
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Joker
Steve Miller Band
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist †
$1,365,500
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Kailash Satyarthi (1954)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
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
19,138 days ago
(52 years, 158 days)