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Friday, July 4, 1969
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The Headlines
Penn Central Defies State On Order to Buy 80 Cars; Penn Central Defies State on New Cars
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Henry Mancini
#1 at the box office
The Love Bug
$724,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)
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
20,790 days ago
(56 years, 350 days)