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Thursday, June 30, 1966

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The Headlines

WILSON DEPLORES LATEST ATTACKS; Backs General U.S. Policy Thant Scores Raids on 'Populated Areas' WILSON DEPLORES LATEST ATTACKS

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Strangers in the Night

Frank Sinatra

The must-have

Twister

On This Day

  • The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1966

  • Beam me up, Scotty

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

21,890 days ago

(59 years, 355 days)