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Monday, August 2, 1976
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The Headlines
Thousands View the Opening of Eucharistic Congress
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John and Kiki Dee
#1 at the box office
The Exorcist (reissue)
$950,000
The must-have
Stretch Armstrong
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Apple I, VHS VCR & Inkjet 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
18,204 days ago
(49 years, 319 days)