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Tuesday, October 4, 1960
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The Headlines
U.S. SUES TO UPSET CURRAN ELECTION AS HEAD OF N.M.U.; Action Is First Major Test of Landrum-Griffin Act's Voting Provisions 74 OTHERS CHALLENGED Union Leader Assails Move by Labor Department as 'Political Intimidation' U.S. SUES TO UPSET CURRAN ELECTION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mr. Custer
Larry Verne
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
Eastern Airlines flight 375 crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people of the 72 aboard.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Susan Sarandon (1946)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
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
23,985 days ago
(65 years, 260 days)