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Monday, July 18, 1966
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The Headlines
Ryun Sets Record For Mile at 3:51.3
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Hanky Panky
Tommy James and the Shondells
#1 at the box office
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
Wikipedia →A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- John Glenn (1921)
- Richard Branson (1950)
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
21,872 days ago
(59 years, 337 days)