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Sunday, July 24, 1966

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The Headlines

DISTRICTING PLAN FOR HOUSE UPSET BY JERSEY COURT; But Ruling Permits the Use of Democratic Measure for Election in Fall DISTRICTING PLAN BARRED IN JERSEY

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Wild Thing

The Troggs

The must-have

Twister

On This Day

  • Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.

    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

21,866 days ago

(59 years, 331 days)