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On the date
Thursday, April 24, 1969
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The Headlines
Cornell Faculty Reverses Itself on Negroes; Disciplinary Action Is Nullified -- Peril Cut, Perkins Says Cornell Faculty Reverses Itself on Disciplinary Action Against Five Negroes Perkins Hails Decision; Some See 'Capitulation'
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
Support Your Local Sheriff!
$389,820
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Barbra Streisand (1942)
- Shirley MacLaine (1934)
- Carl Spitteler (1845)
- Philippe Pétain (1856)
- William the Silent (1533)
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
20,861 days ago
(57 years, 56 days)