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Wednesday, June 11, 1969
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The Headlines
Pope Visits Geneva, Center of Reformation; Asks End to Barriers Caused by Religious Strife and Poverty Pope Paul Visits Geneva, Center of the Reformation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Get Back
The Beatles with Billy Preston
#1 at the box office
The Longest Day
$501,259
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Peter Dinklage (1969)
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
20,813 days ago
(57 years, 8 days)