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On the date
Monday, February 5, 1968
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The Headlines
ATTACKS ON HUE FAIL TO ROUT FOE; Marines, Holding 8 Blocks, Use Tear Gas on Houses but Enemy Holds On Marines at Hue Fire Tear Gas; Foe Dons Masks and Holds On
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love is Blue
Paul Mauriat
#1 at the box office
Valley of the Dolls
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Charlotte Rampling (1946)
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
- Gheorghe Hagi (1965)
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
21,305 days ago
(58 years, 135 days)