From the day
On the date
Friday, May 1, 1964
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The Headlines
PREMIER OF LAOS TO STAY AND MAKE LAST UNITY EFFORT; Souvanna Phouma Appeals to Departed Cabinet Aides to Return to the Capital
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Pink Panther
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
22,680 days ago
(62 years, 50 days)