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Friday, November 8, 1968
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The Headlines
Columbia Hires Pei to Project Its Growth for Decades Ahead; Columbia Hires Pei to Plan Expansion
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
The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
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
21,029 days ago
(57 years, 224 days)