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Wednesday, September 17, 1969
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The Headlines
PRODUCTION DROP IS FIRST SINCE '68; Dips for August Output and Housing Starts Suggest Economy Is Lagging PRODUCTION DROP IS FIRST SINCE '68
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
#1 at the box office
True Grit
$531,500
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Narendra Modi (1950)
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Anastacia (1968)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
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
20,715 days ago
(56 years, 275 days)