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Wednesday, December 18, 1974
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The Headlines
U.S. to Boycott U .N. Fund To Aid Countries in Crisis
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Cat's in the Cradle
Harry Chapin
#1 at the box office
Death Wish
$600,900
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Brad Pitt (1963)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
- J. J. Thomson (1856)
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
18,798 days ago
(51 years, 183 days)