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On the date
Wednesday, April 3, 1968
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The Headlines
Soviet Believed Testing Rocket Able to Guide Bomb From Orbit; BOMB-ROCKET TEST BY SOVIET HINTED
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
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Marlon Brando (1924)
- Helmut Kohl (1930)
- Jane Goodall (1934)
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Eddie Murphy (1961)
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
21,248 days ago
(58 years, 78 days)