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On the date
Thursday, December 5, 1968
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The Headlines
JERSEY TOWN GETS CIVIL RIGHTS EDICT; Union Must Approve School Integration Plan by Dec. 14 JERSEY TOWN GETS CIVIL RIGHTS EDICT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love Child
Diana Ross & the Supremes
#1 at the box office
Funny Girl
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
21,001 days ago
(57 years, 196 days)