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Monday, January 22, 1968
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The Headlines
New Birth Control Aids Praised; F.D.A. Panel Finds Risk Small; BIRTH CURB AIDS PRAISED BY F.D.A.
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
On This Day
Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
Wikipedia →Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
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
21,319 days ago
(58 years, 149 days)