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Wednesday, December 22, 1965
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The Headlines
JOHNSON, ERHARD ABANDON THE PLAN FOR ATOMIC FLEET; To Hold Future Talk on Bonn Role -- Germans to Weigh Civilian Unit for Vietnam JOHNSON, ERHARD DROP FLEET PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Over and Over
The Dave Clark Five
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
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On This Day
In the United Kingdom, a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Ralph Fiennes (1962)
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
22,080 days ago
(60 years, 180 days)