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Wednesday, October 9, 1968
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT READY TO LET SUCCESSOR RESOLVE THE WAR; He Is Depicted as Unwilling to Offer Any Last-Minute Concession on Bombing PRESIDENT IS FIRM IN STAND ON TALKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hey Jude
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Rachel, Rachel
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- David Cameron (1966)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
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
21,058 days ago
(57 years, 253 days)