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Sunday, May 1, 1966
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The Headlines
U.S. EXPECTS BONN TO AGREE FINALLY ON DEFENSE SHIFT; McNamara Aides Say Ally Will Realize NATO Stand Can't Be Totally Nuclear U.S. EXPECTS BONN TO YIELD ON ARMS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Monday, Monday
The Mamas & the Papas
#1 at the box office
Doctor Zhivago
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
21,950 days ago
(60 years, 50 days)