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On the date

Friday, May 9, 1969

From the day

Memories from that day

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The Headlines

Governor Gives His Collection of Primitive Art to Metropolitan; Governor Gives His Primitive Art to the Metropolitan

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

The 5th Dimension

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

  • Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1969

  • That's one small step for man

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

20,846 days ago

(57 years, 41 days)