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Wednesday, January 11, 1961
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The Headlines
KENNEDY CONFERS ON FISCAL AFFAIRS AND SPACE POLICY; Gets Plan for Health Care for Aging and Appoints High Treasury Aide KENNEDY CONFERS ON FISCAL AFFAIRS Chosen by President-Elect Kennedy
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
On This Day
Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Kailash Satyarthi (1954)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
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
23,886 days ago
(65 years, 161 days)