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Saturday, November 15, 1969
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The Headlines
Marcus Tells Jury Of De Sapio Signal In a Bribery Case; Marcus Testifies of De Sapio 'Signal'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wedding Bell Blues
The 5th Dimension
#1 at the box office
I Am Curious (Yellow)
$594,509
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
Wikipedia →Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000–500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
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
20,657 days ago
(56 years, 217 days)