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Friday, November 21, 1969
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The Headlines
AGNEW ATTACKS PRESS AS UNFAIR; NAMES 2 PAPERS; Cites New York Times and The Washington Post -They Dispute Charges
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)
$454,441
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
Wikipedia →The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- Björk (1965)
- René Magritte (1898)
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
20,651 days ago
(56 years, 211 days)