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Sunday, August 9, 1964
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The Headlines
LIGHT THOUGHTS ON SWEET REFRESHMENT; Returned Critic Writes in Praise of Vacation and Some New Films
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Night of the Iguana
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- Whitney Houston (1963)
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
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
22,580 days ago
(61 years, 315 days)