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Sunday, January 16, 1966
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The Headlines
NEW PLANNING AID SLATED IN JERSEY; State Specialists Studying Imaginative Concepts of Community Development TO PASS DATA TO TOWNS Goal Is to Avoid Monotonous Construction and Runaway Taxes Linked to Growth
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
#1 at the box office
Thunderball †
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Susan Sontag (1933)
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Johannes Rau (1931)
- Dian Fossey (1932)
- Sade (singer) (1959)
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
22,055 days ago
(60 years, 155 days)