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Saturday, August 20, 1966
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The Headlines
TEXAS GULF TRIAL CLEARS ALL BUT 2; U.S. Court Dismisses S.E.C. Charges Against Lamont and 9 Other Insiders All but Two Are Cleared in U.S. Trial of Insiders of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful
#1 at the box office
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
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
21,839 days ago
(59 years, 304 days)