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Friday, August 30, 1968
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The Headlines
HUMPHREY BARS RIGIDITY IN VIETNAM POLICY AND FLOUTING OF LAW; RIOTING ASSAILED 2 Nominees Speak at Tumultuous Final Session of Parley Humphrey Bars Rigidity in Vietnam Policy and Flouting of Law; Muskie on Ticket RIOTING ASSAILED BY VICE PRESIDENT Two Accept Nomination at Tumultuous Final Session of Party's Convention
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
#1 at the box office
Rosemary's Baby
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
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
21,098 days ago
(57 years, 293 days)