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Friday, September 5, 1975
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The Headlines
BEANE BACKS CAREY PLAN FOR CITY FISCAL REVISION; SPECIAL SESSION IS OPENED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rhinestone Cowboy
Glen Campbell
#1 at the box office
Jaws †
$1,422,753
The must-have
Pet Rock
On This Day
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
18,536 days ago
(50 years, 286 days)