From the day
On the date
Monday, February 22, 1965
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The Headlines
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here; Three Other Negroes Wounded -- One Is Held in Killing Malcolm X Is Shot to Death at a Rally of Black Nationalists in a Ballroom Here WOUNDED NEGRO HELD IN SLAYING Police Believe Others May Be Involved -- Long Feud With Muslims Noted
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
#1 at the box office
My Fair Lady
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Horst Köhler (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Supercomputer (CDC 6600), Hypertext & Kevlar.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
22,383 days ago
(61 years, 118 days)