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Wednesday, January 12, 1966
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The Headlines
INDIA CREMATES BODY OF SHASTRI; More Than a Million Watch Rites at Holy Jumna River Pyre Lighted by Son INDIA CREMATES BODY OF SHASTRI
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
We Can Work It Out
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
Thunderball †
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Haruki Murakami (1949)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Jeff Bezos (1964)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Fiber Optics, Handheld Calculator Concept & Fuel Injection.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
22,060 days ago
(60 years, 160 days)