On the date

Thursday, August 21, 1975

From the day

Memories from that day

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The Headlines

Viking Off for Mars

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

#1 at the box office

$1,913,651

The must-have

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1975

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

18,551 days ago

(50 years, 301 days)