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Tuesday, August 26, 1969
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The Headlines
OPEN HOUSING SET IN NASSAU COUNTY; Suburban Area Is First in State Outside of City to Vote Antibias Measure
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
On This Day
Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
20,737 days ago
(56 years, 297 days)