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Friday, January 17, 1969
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The Headlines
SENATE DEFEATS FILIBUSTER CURB; Reverses Humphrey, 53-45, on Ruling Aiding Liberals SENATE DEFEATS FILIBUSTER CURB
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
On This Day
Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- Michelle Obama (1964)
- Jim Carrey (1962)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
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
20,958 days ago
(57 years, 153 days)