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On the date
Wednesday, May 26, 1965
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The Headlines
Paint Contractors Are Linked to Plot To Bribe City Aides; BRIBE PLOT LINKED TO CITY PAINT JOBS
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
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Sally Ride (1951)
- Jeremy Corbyn (1949)
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)