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Thursday, May 9, 1968
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The Headlines
KENNEDY TO STUMP IN NEW YORK STATE; Plans Intensive Campaign Before June 18 Primary
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
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
21,211 days ago
(58 years, 41 days)