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Thursday, July 8, 1965
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The Headlines
SCHOOLS IN NORTH FACE U.S. INQUIRY; Office of Education to Study Charges by Rights Groups of de Facto Segregation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
#1 at the box office
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On This Day
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
22,247 days ago
(60 years, 347 days)