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Tuesday, August 30, 1966
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The Headlines
$1.8-MILLION GIVEN BY ARTS COUNCIL; Educational TV Is Awarded $875,000--Papp's Troupe and Writers Are Aided
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
#1 at the box office
How to Steal a Million
The must-have
Twister
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
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
21,829 days ago
(59 years, 294 days)