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Tuesday, October 7, 1969
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The Headlines
U.S. AIDES DISCOUNT REPORTS OF GAINS IN PEACE EFFORTS; Scott's Hint of Breakthrough and Thieu's Offer Fail to Evoke Signs of Hope
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
#1 at the box office
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$500,608
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Vladimir Putin (1952)
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- María Corina Machado (1967)
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
20,695 days ago
(56 years, 255 days)