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On the date

Thursday, January 25, 1968

From the day

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The Headlines

KHESANH BASE HIT BY ARTILLERY FIRE; Major Attack Is Expected -- at Least 16,000 Enemy Troops Gather in Area Khesanh Base Is Shelled by Foe; Big Offensive May Have Begun

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)

John Fred and His Playboy Band

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

21,316 days ago

(58 years, 146 days)