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On the date
Tuesday, August 3, 1965
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The Headlines
NEW 5% SALES TAX STIRS PROTESTS; POLITICS CHARGED; Many Object to Larger List of Taxable Items -- Stores in Brooklyn Shut Briefly
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
- James Hetfield (1963)
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Martin Sheen (1940)
- Haakon VII (1872)
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
22,221 days ago
(60 years, 321 days)