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Wednesday, June 22, 1966
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The Headlines
Senate Panel Clears 'Tough' Safe Car Bill; Senate Commerce Committee Approves a 'Tough' Measure on Safety Standards for Automobiles
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Paperback Writer
The Beatles
#1 at the box office
The Sound of Music
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
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You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Meryl Streep (1949)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Dan Brown (1964)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
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
21,898 days ago
(59 years, 363 days)