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Wednesday, December 17, 1969

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT BACKS SENATORS ON LAOS; White House Makes Clear It Endorsed in Advance Curb on Combat Units PRESIDENT BACKS SENATORS ON LAOS

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Peter, Paul and Mary

The must-have

Nerf Ball

On This Day

  • Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1969

  • That's one small step for man

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

20,624 days ago

(56 years, 184 days)