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On the date
Wednesday, June 2, 1965
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The Headlines
DEMOCRATS GLUM; Gerrymander Charged by Zaretzki -- Ruling Hailed by Governor
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
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
22,283 days ago
(61 years, 18 days)