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On the date
Monday, May 20, 1968
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The Headlines
COLUMBIA STARTS TO DISCIPLINE 500 FOR CAMPUS SIT-IN; School Sends Letters to 25 Students, Calling Them to Dean's Office This Week
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
21,201 days ago
(58 years, 31 days)