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On the date
Monday, December 30, 1968
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The Headlines
Lindsay Outlines Program To Improve City in 1969; Lindsay Regards New Year 0as Period of Delivery for Many City Projects CRIME EDUCATION AMONG PRIORITIES Development of 42d Street Area, Lower Fares for Elderly Are Also Due
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
$555,000
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Rudyard Kipling (1865)
- Tu Youyou (1930)
- Hideki Tojo (1884)
- Mike Pompeo (1963)
- Patti Smith (1946)
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
20,976 days ago
(57 years, 171 days)