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Tuesday, November 9, 1965
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The Headlines
Prince Loses Suit Over Rasputin Show; Russian Prince Loses His Suit Over TV Show About Rasputin
Read in The New York Times →#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
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
Wikipedia →A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
22,124 days ago
(60 years, 224 days)