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Saturday, November 8, 1969
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The Headlines
RATE OF JOBLESS HIGH IN OCTOBER DESPITE SLIGHT DIP; U.S. Employment Continues to Register Increases, but at Recent Reduced Pace WORK WEEK DECLINES Trends Viewed as Signals of an Economic Slowdown and Damper on Inflation Rate of Jobless High in October Despite a Slight Drop to 3.9%
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wedding Bell Blues
The 5th Dimension
#1 at the box office
Fanny Hill
$625,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
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
20,663 days ago
(56 years, 223 days)