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Friday, November 11, 1960
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The Headlines
6 AIDES APPOINTED; Clifford to Be Liaison Man in Transition -- Agency Study Set KENNEDY TO KEEP DULLES, HOOVER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles
#1 at the box office
BUtterfield 8
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- Daniel Ortega (1945)
- George S. Patton (1885)
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
23,947 days ago
(65 years, 222 days)