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Friday, January 6, 1961
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The Headlines
Adenauer, 85, Stands for Hours to Receive Greetings; ADENAUER AT 85 GREETS HUNDREDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
#1 at the box office
Spartacus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Eminem (1955)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Rowan Atkinson (1955)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Space Capsule (Vostok/Mercury), Electric Toothbrush & Industrial Robots (Unimate).
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,891 days ago
(65 years, 166 days)