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On the date
Monday, October 19, 1964
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The Headlines
CUSTODIANS FACE 2D STATE INQUIRY; City School Officials Called to Testify — Pay Scale Still Termed Too High
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Topkapi
The must-have
G.I. Joe
You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Philip Pullman (1946)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
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
22,510 days ago
(61 years, 245 days)