From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 20, 1964
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The Headlines
210,000 in Construction Unions Plan Citywide Stoppage May 28; Foley Sq. Rally to Protest Alleged Nonunion Hiring at U.S. Courthouse Job
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Pink Panther
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
22,661 days ago
(62 years, 31 days)