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On the date
Friday, March 1, 1968
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The Headlines
JOHNSON PLEDGES A CRIME CRUSADE; Tells Governors He'd Lead Drive for Better Control Johnson Pledges Aid in Crime Crusade
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
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
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
21,280 days ago
(58 years, 110 days)