From the day
On the date
Thursday, July 4, 1968
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The Headlines
2 Dead, 3 Shot; Slayer Is Killed by Police in Hour's Duel Terror in Central Park: Gunman Slays One, Wounds 3 and Is Killed by the Police PASSERS-BY FLEE AS BATTLE OPENS Young Woman Meets Death in Public Lavatory -- Man on Bench Shot in Back
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
This Guy's in Love with You
Herb Alpert
#1 at the box office
The Odd Couple
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)
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
21,155 days ago
(57 years, 350 days)