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Monday, June 23, 1969

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The Headlines

POWELL DECLINES ELECTION SUPPORT FOR PROCACCINO; Hails Lindsay as Probably Only Man Able to Calm the Troubled Waters

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

Henry Mancini

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

  • Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.

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  • IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.

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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

20,802 days ago

(56 years, 362 days)