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On the date
Monday, January 15, 1968
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The Headlines
MARINES AWAITING ATTACK BY ENEMY NEAR BUFFER ZONE; Troops Brace for Onslaught by North Vietnamese After Ambush of Truck Convoy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
John Fred and His Playboy Band
#1 at the box office
Valley of the Dolls
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
21,326 days ago
(58 years, 156 days)