From the day
On the date
Friday, February 23, 1968
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The Headlines
59% in Poll Back Lindsay On Sanitationmen's Strike; Only 15% Side With Governor in Dispute, but Most Oppose Mayor's Bid to Call Out Guardsmen to Collect Garbage 59% Back Lindsay in Garbage Strike
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
- Naruhito (1960)
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Viktor Yushchenko (1954)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
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
21,287 days ago
(58 years, 117 days)