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On the date

Saturday, October 22, 1966

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The Headlines

131, Mostly Children, Lost in Welsh Slag-Pile Slide; School and Houses Buried 36 Pupils Hurt, 88 Escape SLAG SLIDE BURIES WELSH CHILDREN

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Reach Out I'll Be There

Four Tops

#1 at the box office

Doctor Zhivago

The must-have

Twister

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Hippie

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Surfer

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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

21,776 days ago

(59 years, 241 days)