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On the date
Wednesday, November 9, 1960
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The Headlines
STATE G.O.P. HOLDS THE LEGISLATURE; Democrats Fail to Capture Control, but Gain Senate Seat and 5 in Assembly STATE G.O.P HOLDS THE LEGISLATURE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles
#1 at the box office
Midnight Lace
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, becoming the first non-Ford family member to serve in that post. He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
23,949 days ago
(65 years, 224 days)