From the day
On the date
Sunday, May 1, 1977
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The Headlines
‘We are all aiming for the same bull's eye,’ said Miss Harris, ‘and we all know when we've hit it.’
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hotel California
Eagles
#1 at the box office
It's Alive (reissue)
$786,250
The must-have
Star Wars Action Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Apple II, Atari 2600, Commodore PET & TRS-80.
Style of 1977
Silhouette: Deconstructed and ripped (Punk)
Material: Leather and safety pins
- Mohawks
- Graphic tees
- Studded belts
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,932 days ago
(49 years, 47 days)