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Monday, December 8, 1969
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The Headlines
Carlino Sent on Panama Mission; Rockefeller Envoy Advised General on Coming Elections
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
Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Kim Basinger (1953)
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
20,633 days ago
(56 years, 193 days)