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Wednesday, May 19, 1965
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The Headlines
JOHNSON ITEMIZES VIETNAM OUTLAY; He Pledges 'a Blank Check' on Weapons in Explaining $700 Million Spending JOHNSON ITEMIZES VIETNAM OUTLAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ticket to Ride
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
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
22,297 days ago
(61 years, 32 days)