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On the date
Sunday, July 21, 1974
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The Headlines
‘The Cello Can't Play These Chords’
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Annie's Song
John Denver
#1 at the box office
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
$869,202
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Robin Williams (1951)
- Stefan Löfven (1957)
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971)
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
18,947 days ago
(51 years, 332 days)