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Wednesday, April 2, 1969
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The Headlines
12 FOREIGN CHIEFS MEET WITH NIXON; White House Is Guarded on Details -- Ky Spends 29 Minutes With President 12 Foreign Chiefs Meet Nixon; White House Guarded on Talks
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
#1 at the box office
The Love Bug
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
- Émile Zola (1840)
- AD 747 (747)
- 181 (181)
- Giacomo Casanova (1725)
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
20,883 days ago
(57 years, 78 days)