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On the date

Sunday, March 21, 1965

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Stop! In the Name of Love

The Supremes

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

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  • Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes.

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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

22,356 days ago

(61 years, 91 days)