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On the date
Friday, July 11, 1969
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The Headlines
Tourists Crowd Cocoa Beach As Apollo Countdown Begins; Tourists Crowding Cocoa Beach as Excitement Begins to Mount for Voyage to the Moon
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
In the Year 2525
Zager and Evans
#1 at the box office
The Love Bug
$658,300
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
20,783 days ago
(56 years, 343 days)