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Tuesday, February 11, 1969
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The Headlines
A PARALYZED CITY DIGS OUT OF SNOW; 14 DEAD, 68 HURT; Storm Strands Thousands and Knocks Out Transit -- Business Activity Cut MANY SCHOOLS TO OPEN Travel Also Due to Pick Up Today, but L.I.R.R. Plans Only 'Token' Service A Paralyzed City, Buried by 15-Inch Snowstorm, Starts to Shovel Out Again
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Everyday People
Sly & the Family Stone
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl †
The must-have
Nerf Ball
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
20,933 days ago
(57 years, 128 days)