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Thursday, September 5, 1968
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The Headlines
SCHOOL REFORMS PUSHED IN FRANCE; Plan to Decentralize Control Is Adopted by Cabinet -- Curb on Franc Lifted SCHOOL REFORMS PUSHED IN FRANCE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
#1 at the box office
2001: A Space Odyssey
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
End of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
21,092 days ago
(57 years, 287 days)