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Saturday, October 26, 1968
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The Headlines
NIXON DENOUNCES WELFARE INEQUITY; Calls for National Standard -- Repudiates Criticism of Johnson Peace Efforts NIXON DENOUNCES WELFARE INEQUITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hey Jude
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
Space Race: The Soyuz 3 mission achieves the first Soviet space rendezvous.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Evo Morales (1959)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
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
21,042 days ago
(57 years, 237 days)