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Monday, September 5, 1960
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The Headlines
KENNEDY PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC GAIN FROM BIGGER VOTE; Expects 10-20 Million Rise From Record '56 Level -- 'The Bigger the Better' FLIES TO DETROIT TALK Speeches in Alaska Attack the Administration Over 'Neglect' of the State KENNEDY PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC GAIN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
It's Now or Never
Elvis Presley
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
Wikipedia →Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XIV (1638)
- Freddie Mercury (1946)
- Caspar David Friedrich (1774)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888)
- Michael Keaton (1951)
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
24,015 days ago
(65 years, 290 days)