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On the date

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.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1968

  • Sock it to me!

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)