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Friday, October 16, 1964
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The Headlines
THREATENED SUIT HALTS STATE LOAN; Deals to Borrow $17 Million Delayed by Challenge to Rockefeller Financing
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Topkapi
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
Wikipedia →China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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)