From the day
On the date
Sunday, April 27, 1969
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The Headlines
Shooting the Spring Rapids on the Upper Delaware
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
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
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
20,858 days ago
(57 years, 53 days)