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Saturday, January 25, 1969
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The Headlines
JARRING TO MEET BIG 4 AIDES HERE; U.N. Envoy Is Due Monday Amid Signs of Movement in Mideast Negotiations JARRING TO MEET BIG 4 AIDES HERE
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
On This Day
Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
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
20,950 days ago
(57 years, 145 days)