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Monday, March 15, 1965

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The Headlines

6 RAILROADS HERE EAGER TO GIVE UP COMMUTING RUNS; Regional Plan Group Asks 3 States to Assume Deficit of $25 Million a Year RAILROADS EAGER TO GIVE UP RUNS

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Eight Days a Week

The Beatles

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1965

  • Get Smart

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

22,362 days ago

(61 years, 97 days)