From the day
On the date
Sunday, May 26, 1974
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The Headlines
No, To Everyone
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Streak
Ray Stevens
#1 at the box office
The Great Gatsby
$1,044,438
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Helena Bonham Carter (1966)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Sally Ride (1951)
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
19,004 days ago
(52 years, 24 days)