From the day
On the date
Friday, January 13, 1961
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The Headlines
Walkout Blockades Port Rail Traffic; Food Is Still Ample; STRIKE BLOCKADES PORT RAIL FREIGHT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961)
- Eric Betzig (1960)
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
23,884 days ago
(65 years, 159 days)