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📖 Yearbook

April 16, 2026

The year was…

1974

📚 Art & Literature

Most Likely to Need a Bigger Boat: This thriller about a great white terrorizing a beach town had readers afraid to dip their toes in the ocean long before Spielberg brought it to the big screen.

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Jaws by Peter Benchley

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🕯️ Famous Death

Most Sophisticated Sendoff: The maestro who taught America that it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing took his final bow after five decades of jazz royalty.

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Duke Ellington

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💡 Innovation & Loss

Most Scan-dalous Debut: A pack of Wrigley's gum made history at an Ohio supermarket checkout, ushering in an era of beeps that would soundtrack every grocery run forever.

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First UPC barcode scanned at retail

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👑 Power & Headlines

Most Dramatic Plot Twist: This newspaper heiress went from kidnapping victim to bank-robbing revolutionary faster than you could say 'Symbionese Liberation Army.'

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Patty Hearst kidnapping

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