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Saturday, December 3, 1960
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The Headlines
CELLER ACCUSES PORT BODY CHIEF; Congressman Assails Tobin, Charging a 'Falsehood' Over Former Inquiry Celler Charges Port Body Chief With an 'Outrageous Falsehood'
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
The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- Ozzy Osbourne (1948)
- Julianne Moore (1960)
- Jean-Luc Godard (1930)
- France Prešeren (1800)
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
23,926 days ago
(65 years, 201 days)