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Friday, May 9, 1969
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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
#1 at the box office
The Mad Room
$283,500
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 →
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
20,846 days ago
(57 years, 41 days)