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Monday, November 17, 1969
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The Headlines
H.E.W. Panel Urges Change in Medicaid System; U. S. PANEL URGES MEDICAID CHANGES
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: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
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
20,654 days ago
(56 years, 214 days)