Happy Birthday Rollin_Again!! 11/16

Steppinstone · 16-Nov-2005, 06:52 AM #1

Happy Birthday Rollin_Again!

Friday, November 16, 1973
Top News Headlines This Week:
Nov 16 - John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album Nov 16 - Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit Nov 16 - Pres Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline Nov 17 - Teri Garr plays the role of a stripper on "The Nurse" Nov 17 - Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed Nov 17 - pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
Top Songs for 1973
Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree by Dawn
Crocodile Rock by Elton John Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack Top of the World by Carpenters
My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings You're So Vain by Carly Simon
Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips

1973 Prices US President
Bread: $0.27/loaf Richard M. Nixon
Milk: $1.36/gal US Vice President
Eggs: $1.22/doz No Vice President
Car: $4,052 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.39/gal Best Picture: The Sting
Directed By George Roy Hill
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon
in Save The Tiger
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson
in A Touch Of Class

House: $35,500
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $13,622/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 851
People born on November 16
1908 - Burgess Meredith Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky)
1967 - Lisa Bonet San Francisco CA, actress (Cosby Show, Different World, Angel Heart)

On TV in 1973
Maude The Streets of San Francisco Kojak Good Times Happy Days
M*A*S*H The Little People The Six Million Dollar Man The Rookies The Bob Newhart Show

Hot New Toys in 1973
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle The Lone Ranger Action Figure Boggle
Dungeons & Dragons Fisher-Price Movie Viewer Shrinky Dinks
Perfection

Top Books in 1973
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George