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Thursday, August 8, 1968
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The Headlines
CZECHS SEEKING WAYS TO LOOSEN SOVIET TRADE TIE; Aides Are Scouting in West for Cash Loans to Make Industry Competitive Czechoslovakia Seeking Ways to Loosen Soviet Trade Links
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hello, I Love You
The Doors
#1 at the box office
Rosemary's Baby
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Giuseppe Conte (1964)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
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
21,120 days ago
(57 years, 315 days)