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On the date

Thursday, January 4, 1968

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The Headlines

U.S. BIDS BONN PAY FULL TROOP COSTS; Katzenbach Is Said to Have Conveyed Plan to Demand Action for Coming Years U.S. BIDS BONN PAY FULL TROOP COSTS

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hello, Goodbye

The Beatles

The must-have

Hot Wheels

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

Tech Check

Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

21,337 days ago

(58 years, 167 days)