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Wednesday, February 9, 1966
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The Headlines
GAVIN WARNS U.S. CHINA MAY FIGHT; Says a Build-Up in Vietnam Would Raise War Risk GAVIN WARNS U.S. CHINA MAY FIGHT
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
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
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
22,031 days ago
(60 years, 131 days)