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Thursday, October 9, 1969
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The Headlines
Kapitsa For U.S.-Soviet Convergence; Kapitsa Supports Idea of U.S.-Soviet Convergence
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
$501,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight".
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- David Cameron (1966)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
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
20,693 days ago
(56 years, 253 days)