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Wednesday, August 28, 1968
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The Headlines
CZECH PROTESTERS DECRY SOVIET DEAL AS A CAPITULATION; APPEAL BY DUBCEK He and Svoboda Urge Calm in the Face of New Restraints Agreement Negotiated With Soviet Is Decried in Czechoslovakia as Capitulation 2 CZECH LEADERS ADDRESS COUNTRY Dubcek and Svoboda Ask Calm Despite Restraint on Liberalization
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People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
#1 at the box office
Rosemary's Baby
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On This Day
Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
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You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Shania Twain (1965)
- David Fincher (1962)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
- Paul Martin (1938)
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
21,100 days ago
(57 years, 295 days)