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Tuesday, November 8, 1966
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The Headlines
JOHNSON SURGERY IS LIKELY FRIDAY; TESTS 'ALL RIGHT'; Operation Could Be Delayed Until Tuesday, Depending on Talks With Doctors JOHNSON SURGERY IS LIKELY FRIDAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Poor Side of Town
Johnny Rivers
#1 at the box office
Hawaii
The must-have
Twister
On This Day
Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
Wikipedia →U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
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
21,759 days ago
(59 years, 224 days)