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On the date

Wednesday, July 24, 1974

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Annie's Song

John Denver

The must-have

Connect 4

On This Day

  • Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1974

  • Dy-no-mite!

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 RecessionOPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.

Time Elapsed

18,945 days ago

(51 years, 330 days)