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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
Read in The New York Times →#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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You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
21,812 days ago
(59 years, 277 days)