Date in year · 1974 · The 1970s
On June 26, 1974, the Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The year's #1 song was "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand. Àlex Corretja, Ashot Danielyan, David Jassy would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · June 26, 1974
The Universal Product Code is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.
Around 1974
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.
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Barcode system for tracking trade items
The Universal Product Code is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.
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