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Thursday, May 12, 1966
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The Headlines
MIG's Fire First Missiles, But They Miss U.S. Planes; MIG'S FIRE MISSILE AGAINST U.S. CRAFT
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
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
21,940 days ago
(60 years, 40 days)