Tuesday, December 23, 1969

From the day

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The Headlines

CONGRESS AVOIDS TIE-UP ON RIGHTS, PREPARES TO QUIT; Heeds Nixon Appeal to Turn Down a Rider Blocking Negro Hiring Plan

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Someday We'll Be Together

Diana Ross & the Supremes

#1 at the box office

$1,223,000

The must-have

Nerf Ball

You Share a Birthday With

• Akihito (1933)
• Helmut Schmidt (1918)
• Alexander I of Russia (1777)
• Joseph Smith (1805)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790)

Slang

Tech Check

ARPANET (Internet Precursor), Moon Lander & UNIX.

Cost of Living (1960)