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Wednesday, March 19, 1969
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The Headlines
MILLION VEHICLES RECALLED BY G.M.; Defects in Braking Possible -- All Full-Size Pontiacs for '65 and '66 Included
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl †
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Bruce Willis (1955)
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Philip Roth (1933)
- Mario Monti (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
20,897 days ago
(57 years, 92 days)