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Wednesday, August 10, 1977
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The Headlines
Comptroller Is Said To Broaden Inquiry Into Lance Finances
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Just Want to Be Your Everything
Andy Gibb
#1 at the box office
Star Wars †
$3,620,800
The must-have
Star Wars Action Figures
On This Day
In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Juan Manuel Santos (1951)
- Antonio Banderas (1960)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Jorge Amado (1912)
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
17,831 days ago
(48 years, 311 days)