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Thursday, January 2, 1969
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The Headlines
LINDSAY PREDICTS HEALTHY ECONOMY; Reports Jobless Rate Was Down in 1968 and Retail Sales Showed a Rise MAYOR FORESEES HEALTHY ECONOMY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
20,973 days ago
(57 years, 168 days)