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Saturday, April 5, 1969
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The Headlines
U.S. RESTRICTIONS ON FUND OUTFLOW EASED SLIGHTLY; Nixon Bars 'Patchwork Quilt of Controls' to Improve Balance of Payments URGES CURE FOR CAUSES Officials See Little Rise in Capital Export Because of Tight Credit at Home U.S. Restrictions on Outflow Of Dollars Are Eased Slightly
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947)
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
20,880 days ago
(57 years, 75 days)