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Wednesday, January 15, 1969
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The Headlines
NIXON PANEL ASKS REVENUE SHARING; Backs a Heller Type of Plan Giving States Percentage of Federal Income NIXON PANEL ASKS REVENUE SHARING
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
#1 at the box office
Bullitt
$415,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
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
20,960 days ago
(57 years, 155 days)