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Thursday, April 3, 1969
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The Headlines
Solemn Abilene Throng Pays Last Honor to Its Famous Son; Eisenhower Buried Near His Boyhood Home
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Dizzy
Tommy Roe
#1 at the box office
The Love Bug
$497,750
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Helmut Kohl (1930)
- Jane Goodall (1934)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Eddie Murphy (1961)
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)