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Friday, August 20, 1965
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The Headlines
17 Auschwitz Aides Get Prison Terms; 6 Must Serve Life; 17 OF AUSCHWITZ GET PRISON TERMS
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
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
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
22,205 days ago
(60 years, 305 days)