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On the date
Thursday, May 27, 1965
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The Headlines
Rejected Albanian Suitor Seized In Shooting of Father of Girl, 14; REJECTED SUITOR HELD IN VENDETTA
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
On This Day
Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
22,290 days ago
(61 years, 25 days)