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On the date
Saturday, February 10, 1968
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The Headlines
G.I.'S ENTER SAIGON TO HELP ELIMINATE ENEMY HOLDOUTS; Move Seen as Sign of U.S. Dissatisfaction at Pace of Government Effort AIR RAID NEAR HAIPHONG Bombing Appears to Signal End of Month-Long Curb on Attacks in North U.S. Combat Troops Enter Saigon to Help Government Clear the City of Vietcong HAIPHONG AIR BASE IS RAIDED BY JETS Bombing Appears to Signal End of Month-Long Curb on Attacks in North
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love is Blue
Paul Mauriat
#1 at the box office
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Lee Hsien Loong (1952)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
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
21,300 days ago
(58 years, 130 days)