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Wednesday, February 16, 1966
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The Headlines
DE GAULLE OFFERS TO ASSIST HANOI IN PEACE SEARCH; But Letter to Ho Chi Minh Implies Time Is Not Ripe for Mediation Attempt GENEVA PACT STRESSED High Paris Sources Assert U.S. Must Accept Vietcong Delegation at a Parley DE GAULLE OFFERS TO ASSIST HANOI
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lightnin' Strikes
Lou Christie
#1 at the box office
Thunderball †
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- John McEnroe (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
22,024 days ago
(60 years, 124 days)