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Thursday, February 3, 1966
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The Headlines
DIVORCE BILL POLL CHEERS SPONSORS; 2 Say Assemblymen Back Reform Measure 4 to 1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
My Love
Petula Clark
#1 at the box office
Thunderball †
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Joachim Löw (1960)
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
22,037 days ago
(60 years, 137 days)