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On the date
Wednesday, September 10, 1969
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The Headlines
SENATE REJECTS A CURB ON C-5A'S; Proposal to Limit Purchase Is Defeated by 64 - 23 -Panel Votes Tank Funds
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
Daddy's Gone-A-Hunting
$545,700
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack Ma (1964)
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Colin Firth (1960)
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
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
20,722 days ago
(56 years, 282 days)