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On the date
Monday, August 9, 1965
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The Headlines
VILLAGE BURNINGS DISTURB MARINES; Officers Say Incidents Can Hurt Vietnam War Effort, but Control Is Difficult
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Operation
On This Day
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Whitney Houston (1963)
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
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
22,215 days ago
(60 years, 315 days)