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Tuesday, December 14, 1965

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The Headlines

Gardner Says Indecision Perils Public and Private Leadership; Secretary Asserts Schools Are Destroying Effectiveness of Gifted Students LACK OF LEADERS SEEN BY GARDNER

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

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

22,088 days ago

(60 years, 188 days)