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Monday, July 12, 1965
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The Headlines
U.S. PILOTS REPORT KILLING 580 REDS IN SOUTH VIETNAM; Air Force and Navy Planes Raid 2 Vietcong Areas -- North Also Is Target 1,000 MORE G.I.'S ARRIVE China Says Americans Flew Over Yunnan Province but Pentagon Denies Charge U.S. Airmen Report 580 Reds Killed
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
What's New Pussycat?
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Richard Simmons (1948)
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
22,244 days ago
(60 years, 344 days)