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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

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#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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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

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)