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Saturday, November 28, 1964
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The Headlines
SAIGON FIRMNESS RESTORES ORDER; Ban on All Demonstrations Quiets Regime's Critics—Buddhists Close Center
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
My Fair Lady
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
Wikipedia →Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (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
22,469 days ago
(61 years, 204 days)