J4F – Way Back Wednesday 9/10/1968
Here is a list of the happenings on this date in 1968.
Way Back Wednesday 9/10/1968
Top U.S. Song – Rascals – People Got To Be Free
Average cost for a gallon of gas – $0.34
Average cost for a gallon of milk – $1.07
Average cost for a postage stamp – $0.05
Average cost for a dozen eggs – $0.53
Average cost of a new home – $26,600.00
Average life expectancy – 70.2 years
President of the United States – Lyndon B. Johnson
Popular Movies – 2001: A Space Odyssey, Once Upon a Time in the West, Planet of the Apes, Barbarella, Rosemary’s Baby, Hang’Em High, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Night of the Living Dead, Bullitt, Romeo and Juliet
Popular Books – Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick; 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke; A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin; The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle; Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey; The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe; Welcome to the Monkey House, Kurt Vonnegut
Happy Birthday to – Colin Firth, Arnold Palmer, Joey Votto, Joe Perry, Ryan Phillippe, Roger Maris, Randy Johnson, Guy Ritchie, Bill O’Reilly, Ben Wallace
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