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Saturday, February 22, 1969
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The Headlines
WILDCAT WALKOUT SLOWS DOCK WORK; Dissident Mechanics Picket in Jersey and Manhattan, Halting 3,500 Others Wildcat Strike by Mechanics Upsets Dock Work
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
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Horst Köhler (1943)
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
20,922 days ago
(57 years, 117 days)