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Saturday, January 4, 1969
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The Headlines
PEKING REVISING PARTY'S CHARTER; Draft of Constitution Names Lin Piao as Mao's Heir -Spring Approval Likely PEKING REVISING PARTY'S CHARTER
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
- Gao Xingjian (1940)
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Brian Josephson (1940)
- Till Lindemann (1963)
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
20,971 days ago
(57 years, 166 days)