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On the date

Friday, May 3, 1968

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The Headlines

Auto Workers Stop A.F.L.-C.I.O. Dues In Rift on Reforms; Auto Workers Cut Off Payment Of Their Dues to A.F.L.-C.I.O.

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Honey

Bobby Goldsboro

The must-have

Hot Wheels

On This Day

  • Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas.

    Wikipedia →

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

21,217 days ago

(58 years, 47 days)