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On the date

Friday, February 7, 1964

From the day

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The Headlines

London and Paris Agree to Build Rail Tunnel Under the Channel; Use of Prefabricated Tubing Weighed as an Alternative to Drilling Into Rock

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The must-have

G.I. Joe

On This Day

  • The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1964

  • I want to hold your hand

Tech Check

BASIC Programming Language, IBM System/360 & Word Processor.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

22,764 days ago

(62 years, 134 days)