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Friday, May 23, 1969
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The Headlines
NIXON INFLUENCED BY FORTAS AFFAIR IN COURT CHOICES; President Says His Friends Were, and Will Be, Ruled Out of Consideration
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Get Back
The Beatles with Billy Preston
#1 at the box office
Winning
$309,500
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Anatoly Karpov (1951)
- Alan García (1949)
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
20,833 days ago
(57 years, 28 days)