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On the date
Tuesday, May 25, 1965
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The Headlines
URGENT OFFENSIVE OPENED BY SAIGON; Troops Move to Disrupt Red Build-up Before Monsoon Clouds Ground Airpower
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
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Ian McKellen (1939)
- Mike Myers (1963)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
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
22,291 days ago
(61 years, 26 days)