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Friday, August 7, 1964
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The Headlines
UNEMPLOYED RATE DECLINES TO 49%, A FOUR‐YEAR LOW; Number With Jobs Exceeds 72 Million First Time—All Groups Benefit; BUT WIRTZ IS CAUTIOUS; Secretary Says 3.8 Million Are Still Out of Work Despite Prosperity
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Night of the Iguana
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
- David Duchovny (1960)
- Constantius II (317)
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
22,582 days ago
(61 years, 317 days)