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Sunday, September 21, 1969
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The Headlines
Men of Aran Still Cling To Islands' Rugged Life; Aran Life Is Still Rugged
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
#1 at the box office
The Learning Tree
$401,120
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801, a Boeing 727-100 passenger plane, crashes during a landing attempt in Mexico City, killing 27 of the 118 occupants.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Shinzo Abe (1954)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Stephen King (1947)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
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
20,711 days ago
(56 years, 271 days)