From the day
On the date
Tuesday, May 5, 1964
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The Headlines
City Rights Panel Balked On Walkout of Plumbers; Pessimism Voiced as Bronx Job Is Held Up for 3d Day in Hiring of Nonunion Puerto Ricans and a Negro
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Pink Panther
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
22,676 days ago
(62 years, 46 days)