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Wednesday, June 5, 1968
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The Headlines
300 AT COLUMBIA LEAVE CEREMONY; Walk Out Quietly in Protest as Commencement Is Held at St. John Cathedral 300 at Columbia Quietly Leave The Commencement Ceremony
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
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
21,184 days ago
(58 years, 14 days)