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Saturday, February 13, 1960
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The Headlines
KHRUSHCHEV SAYS CAPITALISM LIMPS; Soviet Economy Is Thriving. He Tells Indians -- Holds Long Parley With Nehru KHRUSHCHEV SAYS CAPITALISM LIMPS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Teen Angel
Mark Dinning
#1 at the box office
On the Beach
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
Wikipedia →Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Laser, Echo Satellite & Etch A Sketch.
Style of 1960
Silhouette: A-line and geometric (Mod)
Material: PVC and polyester
- Miniskirts
- Go-go boots
- Pixie cuts
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
24,219 days ago
(66 years, 129 days)