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Saturday, July 20, 1968
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The Headlines
GUN REGISTRATION IS KILLED BY HOUSE; But Mandatory Jail Is Voted in Federal Felonies Where Weapons Are Employed House Defeats Gun Registration; Jail Voted in Federal Felonies
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Grazing in the Grass
Hugh Masekela
#1 at the box office
The Odd Couple
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Petrarch (1304)
- Edmund Hillary (1919)
- Gregor Mendel (1822)
- Carlos Alazraqui (1962)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
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
21,139 days ago
(57 years, 334 days)