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On the date
Monday, January 17, 1966
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The Headlines
Brazil Is Rolling Back the Amazon Jungle; AMAZON JUNGLE IS ROLLING BACK
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
On This Day
Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- Michelle Obama (1964)
- Jim Carrey (1962)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
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
22,054 days ago
(60 years, 154 days)