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Saturday, May 1, 1965
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The Headlines
Jet Trails' Effect on Climate Studied; JET ROLE STUDIED IN CLIMATE SHIFTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Herman's Hermits
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
22,316 days ago
(61 years, 51 days)