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On the date
Wednesday, December 4, 1974
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The Headlines
Congress Overrides Veto Of Veterans' Benefits Bill
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Kung Fu Fighting
Carl Douglas
#1 at the box office
The Trial of Billy Jack
$1,268,200
The must-have
Connect 4
On This Day
Martinair Flight 138 crashes into the Saptha Kanya mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, killing 191.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jay-Z (1969)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
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
18,811 days ago
(51 years, 196 days)