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Wednesday, October 16, 1968
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The Headlines
WALLACE PLACED ON BALLOT IN OHIO; High Court Finding of Law Violation Puts Candidate in Race in 50 States.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hey Jude
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Barbarella
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Wikipedia →Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
Wikipedia →Kingston, Jamaica is rocked by the Rodney riots, inspired by the barring of Walter Rodney from the country.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
21,051 days ago
(57 years, 246 days)