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Thursday, January 13, 1966
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The Headlines
NORMAL SERVICE TO TAKE 12 HOURS; Mayor Warns Travelers on Delay Bus Runs Can Resume in 3 Hours T.W.U. COMPLAINS OF ONE-WAY PLANS Calls Them 'Inconvenience.' Water-Main Break, Ice and Fires Slow Travel
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
Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Patrick Dempsey (1966)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961)
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
22,059 days ago
(60 years, 159 days)