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Monday, August 16, 1965
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The Headlines
LOS ANGELES RIOTING IS CHECKED; TROOPS HUNT SNIPERS; 31 ARE DEAD; POLICEMAN IS SLAIN IN LONG BEACH; CURFEW EXTENDED Fire Damage Is Near $200 Million-2,200 Under Arrest Los Angeles Rioting Is Checked; Guard Troops Hunt Snipers in Negro District FIRE LOSS IS PUT AT $200 MILLION Soldiers Continue Patrol of 35-Square-Mile Area -- Arrests Top 2,200
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
22,208 days ago
(60 years, 308 days)