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Tuesday, November 2, 1965

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The Headlines

AFRICA-ASIA TALK OFF INDEFINITELY; Chinese Claim Victory as Algiers Parley Is Canceled AFRICA-ASIA TALK OFF INDEFINITELY

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Get Off of My Cloud

The Rolling Stones

#1 at the box office

The Sound of Music

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.

    Wikipedia →

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

22,130 days ago

(60 years, 230 days)