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On the date
Thursday, February 7, 1974
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The Headlines
State Sues Shell, Alleging Oil Hiding to Raise Price
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 †
$1,369,500
The must-have
Connect 4
On This Day
Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (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
19,111 days ago
(52 years, 131 days)