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Saturday, January 4, 1975
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The Headlines
F.P.C. Staff Says Outlook for Natural Gas Worsens
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Elton John
#1 at the box office
The Godfather Part II
$1,473,000
The must-have
Pet Rock
On This Day
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gao Xingjian (1940)
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Brian Josephson (1940)
- Till Lindemann (1963)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Personal Computer (Altair 8800), Digital Camera & Laser Printer.
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Meanwhile
- Oil Crisis Recession — OPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.
Time Elapsed
18,780 days ago
(51 years, 165 days)