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On the date

Saturday, March 2, 1968

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love is Blue

Paul Mauriat

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

  • Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

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

21,279 days ago

(58 years, 109 days)