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On the date
Saturday, November 19, 1960
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The Headlines
U.N. BARS DELAY ON CONGO DEBATE; Rejects Moves by India and Ghana to Postpone Talk on Seating Kasavubu U.N. BARS DELAY ON CONGO DEBATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Stay
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
#1 at the box office
BUtterfield 8
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954)
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
23,940 days ago
(65 years, 215 days)