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On the date
Thursday, January 25, 1968
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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
#1 at the box office
Valley of the Dolls
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
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
21,316 days ago
(58 years, 146 days)