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Wednesday, May 18, 1966
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The Headlines
NURSES REJECT NEW WAGE OFFER; Hospitals Speed Discharges to Cut Census by Monday NURSES REJECT NEW WAGE OFFER
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
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
21,933 days ago
(60 years, 33 days)