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On the date

Sunday, November 28, 1965

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The Headlines

JFK: A MEMOIR AND MORE; A THOUSAND DAYS: John F. Kennedy in the White House. By Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1,087 pp, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. $9. JFK: A Memoir and More

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

The Byrds

#1 at the box office

The Sound of Music

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

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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

22,104 days ago

(60 years, 204 days)