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Friday, March 13, 1964
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The Headlines
THANT OPTIMISTIC ON CYPRUS FORCE; Hopes for an Accord by End of Week on Contingents—Island Quiet but Tense
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1942)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
22,729 days ago
(62 years, 99 days)