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On the date
Tuesday, July 22, 1969
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The Headlines
COLUMBUS RIOTING BRINGS OUT GUARD; Rhodes Acts After a Negro Area Is Bombed and Looted -- Sniper Fire Kills One
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 April Fools
$587,100
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Willem Dafoe (1955)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
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
20,772 days ago
(56 years, 332 days)