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Sunday, December 11, 1960
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The Headlines
RIOTING MOSLEMS IN ALGERIA BACK DE GAULLE POLICY; Crowds Surge Into Streets in Algiers and Oran and Fight the Europeans HUNDREDS ARE INJURED Police Use Gas and Gunfire to Separate Mobs -- Set Up Barricades in Capital RIOTING MOSLEMS BACK DE GAULLE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley
#1 at the box office
Ben-Hur †
The must-have
Etch A Sketch
On This Day
French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
23,917 days ago
(65 years, 192 days)