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Friday, August 15, 1969

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Sound

The radio is howling "In the Year 2525" for the tenth time today, masking the nervous chatter about the draft and that mess with Goodell splitting the party. I ducked into the bakery to escape the humid street noise, but even there, seeing **$0.20** scrawled on the chalkboard for a simple loaf of bread makes my stomach do backflips. Everything feels like it’s stretching thin, even with the boys up on the moon and that total fox in the mini-skirt humming along to the shop's transistor. I just grabbed my rolls and hurried out, the static of the world buzzing way too loud in my ears.

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The Headlines

GOODELL TO FIGHT BID TO 'DUMP' HIM; Threatens to Split Party if Governor Doesn't Aid Him GOODELL TO FIGHT BID TO 'DUMP' HIM

Read in The New York Times →

World Mood

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

In the Year 2525

Zager and Evans

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

  • The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.

    Wikipedia →

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

20,748 days ago

(56 years, 308 days)