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Wednesday, January 26, 1966
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The Headlines
M'NAMARA SAYS U.S. COULD RUIN SOVIET AND CHINA; Asserts Missile Arsenal Will Be Enough to Blast Both Even Without Bombers McNamara Says U.S. Could Ruin Soviet, China
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
The three Beaumont children disappear from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- José Mourinho (1963)
- Ellen DeGeneres (1958)
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953)
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
22,045 days ago
(60 years, 145 days)