From the day
On the date
Wednesday, February 19, 1975
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The Headlines
Soviet MIG‐23 Shipment To Egyptians Is Reported
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pick Up the Pieces
Average White Band
#1 at the box office
The Towering Inferno
$1,580,114
The must-have
Pet Rock
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (1940)
- André Breton (1896)
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
18,735 days ago
(51 years, 120 days)