Wednesday, October 29, 1969

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The Headlines

Nixon Weighs Plan To Enlarge Scope Of Urban Council; Nixon Weighs Expansion Of Urban Panel's Scope

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Suspicious Minds

Elvis Presley

#1 at the box office

$410,211

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

• The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Joseph Goebbels (1897)
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
• Abdullah Gül (1950)
• Franz von Papen (1879)
• Dan Castellaneta (1957)

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Tech Check

ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.

Cost of Living (1960)