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Wednesday, October 15, 1969
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The Headlines
MASSIVE PROTEST ON VIETNAM WAR EXPECTED TODAY; Nixon Opposition Is Unlikely to Deter Demonstrators -- City Split on Plans P.B.A. SCORES LINDSAY Firemen and Veterans Also Against Observance Here -- Schools to Be Open Massive Vietnam Protest Is Expected
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
#1 at the box office
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
$501,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
20,688 days ago
(56 years, 248 days)