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Monday, January 16, 1961
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The Headlines
27 LOST IN STORM AS RADAR TOWER COLLAPSES AT SEA; SOS SIGNAL HEARD Navy Task Force Off City Hunts in Gale for Survivors TOWER COLLAPSES IN SEA OFF JERSEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
#1 at the box office
Exodus
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You Share a Birthday With
- Susan Sontag (1933)
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Johannes Rau (1931)
- Dian Fossey (1932)
- Sade (singer) (1959)
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
23,881 days ago
(65 years, 156 days)