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Wednesday, May 7, 1969
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The Headlines
NIXON IS CHANGING FOREIGN SERVICE; Youth and Ability Stressed in Promotions at State
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
99 Women
$311,778
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
20,848 days ago
(57 years, 43 days)