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On the date
Saturday, August 23, 1969
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The Headlines
Mississippi Color Line Erased In Refugee Camp After Storm; Mississippi Color Line Is Erased in Refugee Camp
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
#1 at the box office
True Grit
$560,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
- Halimah Yacob (1954)
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
20,740 days ago
(56 years, 300 days)