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Wednesday, September 24, 1975
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The Headlines
GROMYKO URGES MIDEAST PARLEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'm Sorry
John Denver
#1 at the box office
Jaws †
$729,993
The must-have
Pet Rock
On This Day
Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
18,518 days ago
(50 years, 268 days)