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Monday, September 30, 1974
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The Headlines
40 Detectives Seek Clues In Police Officer's Killing
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Honestly Love You
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
The Longest Yard
$513,630
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Rumi (1207)
- Monica Bellucci (1964)
- Elie Wiesel (1928)
- Truman Capote (1924)
- Jean Perrin (1870)
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
18,876 days ago
(51 years, 261 days)