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On the date

Sunday, October 19, 1969

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The Headlines

Ambassador's Journal; A Personal Account of the Kennedy Years. By John Kenneth Galbraith. Illustrated. 656 pp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $10.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Can't Get Next to You

The Temptations

The must-have

Nerf Ball

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1969

  • That's one small step for man

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

20,684 days ago

(56 years, 244 days)