Wednesday, April 09, 1969
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News Headlines This Week: |
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Apr 9 - 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
Apr 9 - C U Cesco discovers asteroid #4914 & #6810
Apr 9 - Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
Apr 11 - South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
Apr 12 - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
Apr 13 - 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281
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Songs for 1969 |
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Everyday People
by Sly & the Family Stone
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In the Year 2525
by Zager & Evans
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Honky Tonk Women
by Rolling Stones
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Wedding Bell Blues
by Fifth Dimension
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Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In
by Fifth Dimension
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I Can't Get Next to You
by Temptations
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Get Back
by Beatles (with Billy Preston)
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Sugar, Sugar
by Archies
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Dizzy
by Tommy Roe
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Crimson & Clover
by Tommy James & the Shondells
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| 1969 Prices |
US
President |
| Bread: |
$0.23/loaf |
Richard M. Nixon |
| Milk: |
$1.26/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$1.14/doz |
Spiro T. Agnew |
| Car: |
$3,400 |
Academy Award Winners
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| Gas: |
$0.35/gal |
| Best Picture: | Midnight Cowboy |
| | Directed By John Schlesinger |
| Best Actor: | John Wayne |
| | in True Grit |
| Best Actress: | Maggie Smith |
| | in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie |
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| House: |
$27,900 |
| Stamp: |
$0.06/ea |
| Avg Income: |
$10,577/yr |
| Min Wage: |
$1.60/hr |
| DOW Avg: |
800 |
| People born on April 9 |
| 1932 - Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine)/founder (Yippies) |
| 1926 - Hugh Hefner magazine publisher (Playboy) |
| 1889 - Efrem Zimbalist Rostov on the Don Russia, composer/concert violinist |
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On TV in 1969 |
| Mission: Impossible |
Dragnet |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |
Hawaii Five-0 |
Adam-12 |
| The Carol Burnett Show |
Star Trek |
The Brady Bunch |
Get Smart |
The Avengers |
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Hot New Toys in 1969 |
| Barrel of Monkeys |
Silly String |
Zeroids |
| Toss Across |
Nerf Ball |
Upsy Downsy Babies |
| Easy-Bake Premier Oven |
Wizzer |
Weebles |
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Top Books in 1969 |
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Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Deliverance
by James Dickey
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Present at the Creation
by Dean Acheson
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The High King
by Lloyd Alexander
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