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Sunday, December 21, 1969
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The Headlines
Seasonal Sign: Rich Slightly Strapped; By ISADORE BARMASH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Someday We'll Be Together
Diana Ross & the Supremes
#1 at the box office
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
$1,223,000
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Mikheil Saakashvili (1967)
- Hu Jintao (1942)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Jane Fonda (1937)
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
20,620 days ago
(56 years, 180 days)