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Monday, October 4, 1965

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The Headlines

PRAYERS ARE SAID IN N.Y. FOR PAUL; City Prepares to Welcome First Pontiff to Visit Western Hemisphere PRAYERS SAID FOR PAUL IN N.Y.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Yesterday

The Beatles

#1 at the box office

The Sound of Music

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1965

  • Get Smart

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

22,159 days ago

(60 years, 259 days)