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On the date

Monday, March 10, 1969

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The Headlines

100 Barnard Girls Move Into Columbia Dormitories; Barnard Girls Move Into Rooms Given to Them by Columbia Boys

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Dizzy

Tommy Roe

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

  • In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1969

  • That's one small step for man

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

20,906 days ago

(57 years, 101 days)