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Friday, November 17, 1967
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The Headlines
ROCKEFELLER BIDS LINDSAY BAR MOVE TO DRAFT HIM IN '68; Asks Mayor to Keep Aide From 'Embarrassing' Him With Presidential Drive GOVERNOR RESISTS 1968 DRAFT MOVE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
To Sir With Love
Lulu
#1 at the box office
Gone with the Wind (reissue)
The must-have
Battleship
On This Day
Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
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You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
21,386 days ago
(58 years, 216 days)