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Monday, April 7, 1969
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The Headlines
In Rural Town, the Focus Is on Rites and Not Parade; In Rural Michigan Town, The Focus Is on Services
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The 5th Dimension
#1 at the box office
The Love Bug
$497,750
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackie Chan (1954)
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Russell Crowe (1964)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
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
20,878 days ago
(57 years, 73 days)