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On the date

Saturday, October 21, 1967

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The Headlines

PROTEST TIES UP BROOKLYN CAMPUS; College Virtually Closed as 80% of Students Strike Over Action by Police Protest Ties Up Brooklyn College

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

To Sir With Love

Lulu

The must-have

Battleship

On This Day

  • The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organizes a march of fifty thousand people from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1967

  • Tune in, turn on, drop out

Tech Check

ATM (Cash Machine), Heart Transplant Tech & Dolby Noise Reduction.

Style of 1967

Silhouette: Flowing and bohemian (Hippie)

Material: Tie-dye and hemp

  • Bell bottoms
  • Fringe vests
  • Flower crowns

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

21,412 days ago

(58 years, 242 days)