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Thursday, June 20, 1974
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The Headlines
Missile Warhead Threat To Silos Is Called Limited
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billy Don't Be a Hero
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist †
$4,061,300
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicole Kidman (1967)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- John Goodman (1952)
- Martin Landau (1928)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928)
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
18,978 days ago
(51 years, 363 days)