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Friday, March 29, 1968
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The Headlines
First F-111 Jet Lost And North Vietnam Reports Downing It; F-111 JET IS LOST; DOWNED, FOE SAYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, started in Moscow, with thousands of people in attendance.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- John Major (1943)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Vangelis (1943)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
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
21,252 days ago
(58 years, 82 days)