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Tuesday, April 26, 1966
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The Headlines
Reins Weighed; SENATORS WEIGH NEW C.I.A. REINS Intercedes in Suit
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Good Lovin'
The Young Rascals
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
Wikipedia →The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889)
- AD 121 (121)
- AD 757 (757)
- Eugène Delacroix (1798)
- Jet Li (1963)
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
21,955 days ago
(60 years, 55 days)