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Saturday, August 6, 1966
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The Headlines
BUCKLEY CHARGES A REFORM 'DEAL'; Democratic Leader Asserts Group Tried to Shut Out Jones on Judgeships BUCKLEY CHARGES A REFORM 'DEAL'
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
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Michelle Yeoh (1962)
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
21,854 days ago
(59 years, 319 days)