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On the date
Wednesday, February 12, 1975
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The Headlines
Backlog of Felonies Rose Sharply Here Despite Court Drive
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
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
18,741 days ago
(51 years, 126 days)