On the date

Monday, August 9, 1976

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The Headlines

Hurricane Watches Are Posted In New York and New England

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Elton John and Kiki Dee

#1 at the box office

$1,837,983

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1976

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

18,197 days ago

(49 years, 312 days)