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Saturday, April 20, 1968
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The Headlines
U.S. COURT VOIDS '66 N.M.U. ELECTION THAT CURRAN WON; Backs Dissidents Who Say Rules of Seamen's Union Barred Their Running Court Orders a New N.M.U. Election
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
On This Day
English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
Wikipedia →South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near J.G. Strijdom Airport in South West Africa (now Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia), killing 123 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
21,231 days ago
(58 years, 61 days)