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On the date
Saturday, April 17, 1965
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The Headlines
U.S. POVERTY AIDES COOL TO CITY PLAN; Say Wagner Proposal Fails to Give Poor an Adequate Voice in the Program
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'm Telling You Now
Freddie and the Dreamers
#1 at the box office
My Fair Lady
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
- Sean Bean (1959)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
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
22,329 days ago
(61 years, 64 days)