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Friday, April 12, 1968
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SIGNS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; PLEADS FOR CALM; Acts a Day After Final Vote on Measure That Stresses Open Housing in Nation FINDS MUCH TO BE DONE In White House Ceremony, He Calls for Enactment of Rest of His Program PRESIDENT SIGNS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Tom Clancy (1947)
- Joyce Banda (1950)
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
21,238 days ago
(58 years, 68 days)