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Saturday, July 25, 1964
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The Headlines
ROCHESTER POLICE BATTLE RACE RIOT; Arrest of a Negro Sets Off Melee by 1,000 in 50‐Block Area of Upstate City
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Carpetbaggers †
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- Elias Canetti (1905)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920)
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
- Gavrilo Princip (1894)
- Arthur Balfour (1848)
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
22,596 days ago
(61 years, 331 days)