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Friday, December 4, 1964
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The Headlines
BANK HEEDS PLEA BY WHITE HOUSE, KILLS RATE RISE; First National of Boston Cites ‘Political Pressures’ in Rescinding Action
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
My Fair Lady
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
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
22,463 days ago
(61 years, 198 days)