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Thursday, August 4, 1966
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The Headlines
2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE; PRESIDENT SILENT; Jones & Laughlin and Armco Match Increase of 2.1% That Inland Initiated ACTION AFFECTS 3 LINES Products Are Used in Autos and Other Consumer Items Concern Defends Move 2 COMPANIES JOIN STEEL PRICE RISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wild Thing
The Troggs
#1 at the box office
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)
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
21,855 days ago
(59 years, 320 days)