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On the date
Thursday, January 23, 1969
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The Headlines
SENATE UNIT TOLD OF HUNGER IN U.S.; ' Alarming' Rate of Disease Also Disclosed in Survey of 12,000, Mostly Poor Senate Unit Told of Chronic Hunger and 'Alarming' Rate of Disease in U. S.
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
Funny Girl †
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Derek Walcott (1930)
- Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)
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
20,952 days ago
(57 years, 147 days)