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Friday, December 20, 1968
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The Headlines
Ransom Pickup Inadvertently Foiled by Miami Police; Pickup of Mackle Ransom Money Is Inadvertently Foiled by Miami Police
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
#1 at the box office
Candy
The must-have
Hot Wheels
On This Day
The Zodiac Killer murders his first two officially confirmed victims, David Arthur Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, on Lake Herman Road in Benicia, California, United States.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Binali Yıldırım (1955)
- Martin Schulz (1955)
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Kim Ki-duk (1960)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
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
20,987 days ago
(57 years, 182 days)