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On the date
Saturday, August 28, 1965
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The Headlines
ASTRONAUTS SET FOR FULL 8 DAYS; OBSERVE STORM; A Tropical Disturbance Seen Off South America Could Change Landing Area
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
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Shania Twain (1965)
- David Fincher (1962)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
- Paul Martin (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
22,197 days ago
(60 years, 297 days)