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Friday, July 22, 1977
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The Headlines
CARTER BIDS SOVIET LIMIT BIG MISSILES IN RESPONSE TO U.S.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Looks Like We Made It
Barry Manilow
#1 at the box office
Star Wars †
$2,789,667
The must-have
Star Wars Action Figures
On This Day
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Willem Dafoe (1955)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
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
17,850 days ago
(48 years, 330 days)