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Wednesday, February 6, 1974
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The Headlines
MINDSZENTY, 81, RELIEVED OF POST
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love's Theme
Love Unlimited Orchestra
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist †
$1,589,500
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Ronald Reagan (1911)
- Bob Marley (1945)
- François Truffaut (1932)
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Eva Braun (1912)
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
19,112 days ago
(52 years, 132 days)