From the day
On the date
Thursday, October 15, 1964
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The Headlines
The Home Run Is the Decisive Weapon as Yankees Beat the Cardinals; YANKS ROUT CARDS ON HOME RUNS 8–3; SERIES TIED AT 3‐3; Maris, Mantle and Pepitone Connect in Late Innings—Final Game Today
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Topkapi
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
22,513 days ago
(61 years, 248 days)