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Monday, October 12, 1964
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The Headlines
2 YOUTHS SEIZED IN JOHNSON RALLY, ONE WITH A GUN; Second Arrested for Hitting President on Head With a Placard in Phoenix CANDIDATE IS UNINJURED 18-Year-Old With a Loaded Revolver Says He Sought to 'Protect' Him 2 YOUTHS SEIZED IN JOHNSON RALLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Shot in the Dark
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
- Ramsay MacDonald (1866)
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
22,516 days ago
(61 years, 251 days)