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Friday, May 13, 1960
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The Headlines
SOVIET GIVES TEXT; Cites Disappointment in President -- Plans to Try U.S. Pilot KHRUSHCHEV SEES PERIL OF A WAR
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Stuck on You
Elvis Presley
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
24,130 days ago
(66 years, 40 days)