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Sunday, December 28, 1969
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The Headlines
COLUMBIA QUINTET TRIUMPHS, 101-78; Villanova, Cornell, La Salle Gain in Quaker City Play
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
B. J. Thomas
#1 at the box office
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
$1,370,100
The must-have
Nerf Ball
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- Linus Torvalds (1969)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955)
- Denzel Washington (1954)
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
20,613 days ago
(56 years, 173 days)