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Monday, November 28, 1960
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The Headlines
CASTRO ACCUSES CATHOLIC CLERGY; Says Priests Work Against Regime -- Bombs Shake Area Where He Speaks CASTRO ACCUSES CATHOLIC CLERGY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley
#1 at the box office
BUtterfield 8
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
Mauritania becomes independent of France.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
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
23,931 days ago
(65 years, 206 days)