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On the date
Monday, May 24, 1965
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The Headlines
BOLIVIAN TROOPS FIGHTING MINERS; Casualties Called Heavy as Junta Orders Occupation -- Strikers Seek Truce Bolivian Troops Battle Miners After Junta Orders Occupation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Help Me, Rhonda
The Beach Boys
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
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
22,292 days ago
(61 years, 27 days)