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Monday, August 2, 1965
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT SCORES A LEADER OF G.O.P. FOR 'UNTRUE' TALK; In Seeming Allusion to Ford, He Charges a Violation of Confidence on Vietnam
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'm Henry VIII, I Am
Herman's Hermits
#1 at the box office
The Sandpiper
The must-have
Operation
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
22,222 days ago
(60 years, 322 days)