From the day
On the date
Sunday, May 12, 1968
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
How Contemporary Are Movies?; How Contemporary Are Movies?
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tighten Up
Archie Bell & the Drells
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
21,208 days ago
(58 years, 38 days)