Friday, July 25, 1969

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The Headlines

KENNEDY TO ENTER COURT PLEA TODAY; He Will Answer Charge of Leaving Scene of Crash in Which Woman Died Kennedy to Enter a Plea Today On Charge He Left Crash Site

World Mood

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

In the Year 2525

Zager and Evans

#1 at the box office

$540,000

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

• Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Elias Canetti (1905)
• Rosalind Franklin (1920)
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
• Gavrilo Princip (1894)
• Arthur Balfour (1848)

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Tech Check

ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.

Cost of Living (1960)