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Monday, October 21, 1968
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The Headlines
HUMPHREY BACKS HOUSE ELECTION; Contends He Could Govern Well Even if He Failed to Capture Popular Vote Humphrey Says He Would Serve Even it He Lags in Popular Vote
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
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
21,046 days ago
(57 years, 241 days)