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Tuesday, April 15, 1969
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The Headlines
20 NEGROES STAGE A COLUMBIA SIT-IN; Occupy Admissions Office to Back Demand for Voice in Recruiting Blacks
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
$551,958
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
20,870 days ago
(57 years, 65 days)