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Thursday, December 4, 1969
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The Headlines
500-Pound Bomb Defused in Brooklyn; Police Defuse 500-Pound Bomb Found in Brooklyn
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
Paint Your Wagon
$276,900
The must-have
Nerf Ball
On This Day
Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jay-Z (1969)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
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
20,638 days ago
(56 years, 198 days)