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Friday, April 23, 1965
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The Headlines
STEEL UNION VOTE SETS STRIKE MAY 1; But Mediation Chief Seeks to Head Off a Walkout STEEL UNION VOTE SETS STRIKE MAY 1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Game of Love
Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
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
22,323 days ago
(61 years, 58 days)