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Friday, September 16, 1966

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The Headlines

BIG MARINE FORCE LANDS IN VIETNAM NEAR BUFFER ZONE; 1,500 From Ships of the 7th Fleet Open New Drive Others Continue Sweep INITIAL CONTACT SLIGHT Air Force Jets Bomb North U.S. Deaths in Combat Since '61 Pass 5,000 BIG MARINE FORCE LANDS IN VIETNAM

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

You Can't Hurry Love

The Supremes

#1 at the box office

Doctor Zhivago

The must-have

Twister

On This Day

  • The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

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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

21,812 days ago

(59 years, 277 days)