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Monday, December 1, 1969
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The Headlines
Refuse Carting Strike Hits 100,000 Businesses Here; Private Sanitation Strike Hits 100,000 Businesses in the City
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
#1 at the box office
Krakatoa, East of Java
$621,800
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Escobar (1949)
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Sebastián Piñera (1949)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
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
20,640 days ago
(56 years, 200 days)