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On the date
Monday, February 10, 1975
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The Headlines
Civilian Boards on Wane As Watchdogs of Police
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
You're No Good
Linda Ronstadt
#1 at the box office
The Towering Inferno
$1,171,579
The must-have
Pet Rock
You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Lee Hsien Loong (1952)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
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
18,743 days ago
(51 years, 128 days)