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Friday, December 3, 1965
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The Headlines
Fear That Administration Might Expand Conflict by Miscalculation; RISING RISK OF WAR WITH CHINA SEEN
Read in The New York Times →#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
Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- Ozzy Osbourne (1948)
- Julianne Moore (1960)
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930)
- France Prešeren (1800)
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
22,099 days ago
(60 years, 199 days)