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Friday, March 4, 1966
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The Headlines
Coast Guard Blames Officers In Yarmouth Castle Disaster; OFFICERS BLAMED IN SEA DISASTER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Ballad of the Green Berets
SSgt Barry Sadler
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
Wikipedia →A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
- Miriam Makeba (1932)
- Khaled Hosseini (1965)
- François Fillon (1954)
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
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
22,008 days ago
(60 years, 108 days)