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Tuesday, May 13, 1969
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The Headlines
Black Nationalist Gets Chair in 4 Cleveland Killings; Black Nationalist Sentenced to Chair
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
In the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general election, Sino-Malay sectarian violence erupted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
20,843 days ago
(57 years, 38 days)