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On the date
Monday, December 22, 1969
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The Headlines
Poland Is Reaching for a Better Life; Poland Reaching for Better Life as She Seeks Closer West German Relations
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
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Ralph Fiennes (1962)
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)