JUNE 23, 1968

SUNDAY
1968 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1968
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $371,087 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$1.48
Median Home Price$21,260.00
Gas Price Avg$0.35
Bread Price Avg$0.24
Movie Ticket Avg$1.38
First Class Stamp$0.06
Milk Price Avg$1.21
Top Movies From 1968
Show screen release and event cards
1 Funny Girl
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Funny Girl
2 2001: A Space Odyssey
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2001: A Space Odyssey
3 The Odd Couple
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The Odd Couple
4 Bullitt
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Bullitt
5 Oliver!
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Oliver!
6 Planet of the Apes
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Planet of the Apes
7 Rosemary's Baby
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Rosemary's Baby
8 Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet
9 Yours, Mine and Ours
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Yours, Mine and Ours
10 The Lion in Winter
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The Lion in Winter
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Graduate
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The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Valley of the Dolls
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Valley of the Dolls
Doctor Dolittle
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Doctor Dolittle
Blackbeard's Ghost
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Blackbeard's Ghost
The Fox
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The Fox
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Party
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The Party
The Producers
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The Producers
The Scalphunters
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The Scalphunters
Guns for San Sebastian
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Guns for San Sebastian
Speedway
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Speedway
Petulia
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Petulia
Bandolero!
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Bandolero!
Hang 'Em High
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Hang 'Em High
The Devil's Brigade
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The Devil's Brigade
Madigan
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Madigan
Ice Station Zebra
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Ice Station Zebra

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Television from this era Β· June 23, 1968
Star Trek poster
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Star Trek
Bonanza poster
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Bonanza
Bewitched poster
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Bewitched
Batman poster
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Batman
Adam-12 poster
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Adam-12
Lassie poster
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Lassie
Mannix poster
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Mannix

Exact-date daily brief

June 23, 1968

On June 23, 1968, the theatrical world buzzed with the news that actress Mercedes McCambridge received rave reviews for her performance in the play 'Private Lives'. However, despite the acclaim, she found herself out of work just...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of June 1968

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Computer Mouse Demonstration
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Computer Mouse Demonstration
2 Early Internet Node (ARPANET)
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Early Internet Node (ARPANET)
3 Integrated Circuit Calculator
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Integrated Circuit Calculator
4 First Video Game Console (Brown Box)
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First Video Game Console (Brown Box)
5 Flexible Printed Circuit
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Flexible Printed Circuit
6 Digital Wristwatch Concept
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Digital Wristwatch Concept
7 Space Suit Life Support Refinement
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Space Suit Life Support Refinement
8 Medical Endoscopy Camera
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Medical Endoscopy Camera
9 Computer-Aided Manufacturing
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Computer-Aided Manufacturing
10 Electronic Music Sequencer
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Electronic Music Sequencer

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Headlines From June 23, 1968

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  • Headline: Stritch's Triumph and Quick Decline. Impact: If only Stritch had known that her week out of work would lead to a future where actors routinely get canceled for tweets from 2009. Maybe she would have invested in a time machine or at least a good publicist. Fact: Stritch's career had more comebacks than a boomerang. Just when you thought she was out, she'd pop back in like a cat with nine lives!.
  • Headline: N Cutler Becomes Accountants Chief. Impact: Cutler's presidency marked the beginning of a golden era for accountantsβ€”leading to the eventual rise of spreadsheet wizards and a world obsessed with balancing budgets. Who knew numbers could be so exciting?. Fact: Accounting: the only profession where people actively seek to make their lives more boring. Cutler definitely deserves a medal for bravery!.
  • Headline: East Germany Makes Offer. Impact: This accord offer was like trying to put a Band-Aid on the Berlin Wall. The ripples of this moment echoed through decades of Cold War tension, proving that sometimes, even the best offers come with a hefty price tag. Fact: The only thing more convoluted than East and West Germany's relationship was the plot of a soap opera. Talk about drama!.
  • Headline: Large Sale of Holdings By Springer Reported. Impact: Springer selling his magazines was the butterfly wing flap that led to the rise of online clickbait. If only he had known that '10 Ways to Make Your Ex Cry' would be the future of journalism!. Fact: Springer’s sale was the financial equivalent of spring cleaningβ€”he cleared out so much clutter that even Marie Kondo would have been impressed!.
  • Headline: Article 1 -- No Title. Impact: The damage in Venice was just a preview of the tourism crisis that would plague the city decades later. Thanks to rising tides and sinking buildings, Venice has now become an aquatic theme park for the adventurous!. Fact: Venice: the only city where buildings are in a constant battle against gravity. A true underdog story!.
  • Headline: 9 CITIES GET GRANTS TO AID LANDMARKS. Impact: These grants were the seeds of preservation that would grow into a full-blown obsession with historic sites, leading to endless tourist selfies and Instagram posts featuring those landmarks. Thanks for the filters, history!. Fact: The only thing more preserved than these landmarks is the enthusiasm of tourists insisting they were there before it was 'cool.'.
  • Headline: ISRAELI TROOPS KILL 11 ARAB GUERRILLAS. Impact: This tragic confrontation underscored the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a tangled web of history that continues to influence global geopolitics. The echoes of this event still resonate painfully today. Fact: Conflict in the Middle East: the saga that just keeps giving, and not in a good way. It's like the world's longest-running soap opera, but with way more at stake.

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1968
$0.18
Stored value
$1,150,821

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1968, it would be worth $1,150,821 today (1150.8x return)

Rank #2
PG
Procter & Gamble
Price in 1968
$0.29
Stored value
$500,431

Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1968, it would be worth $500,431 today (500.4x return)

Rank #3
MCD
McDonald's
Price in 1968
$0.29
Stored value
$1,093,100

McDonald's - If you invested $1,000 in 1968, it would be worth $1,093,100 today (1093.1x return)

🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Silver Surfer #1
The Silver Surfer #1
$33,000
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1
$250
Avengers #57
Avengers #57
$3,000
Captain America #100
Captain America #100
$78,000
Green Lantern #59
Green Lantern #59
$600
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels
$30.00
Creepy Crawlers
Creepy Crawlers
$300.00
Johnny Lightning
Johnny Lightning
$50.00
Sizzlers
Sizzlers
$75.00
Battling Tops
Battling Tops
$150.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Mickey Mantle Yankee Baseball Card
Mickey Mantle Yankee Baseball Card
$12,600,000
Willie Mays Topps Card
Willie Mays Topps Card
$2,726
Roberto Clemente Topps Card
Roberto Clemente Topps Card
$250,000
Nolan Ryan Rookie Card
Nolan Ryan Rookie Card
$600,000
Pete Rose Topps Card
Pete Rose Topps Card
$640.50