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On the date
Sunday, August 3, 1975
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The Headlines
Overcrowding in State Prisons Again Produces Fear of Unrest
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Jive Talkin'
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Jaws †
$2,225,509
The must-have
Pet Rock
On This Day
A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- James Hetfield (1963)
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
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
Time Elapsed
18,569 days ago
(50 years, 319 days)