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Friday, January 20, 1961

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The Headlines

ROCKEFELLER FAILS IN BID TO SETTLE HARBOR WALKOUT; Gains Nullified After Hopes for Accord Had Risen -- New Talks Due Today 2 ROADS STILL RUNNING L.I.R.R. Gets Court Writ on Picketing -- But Pennsy May Be Affected PEACE HOPES RISE IN HARBOR STRIKE

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#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

  • John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the youngest man to be elected into that office, and the first Roman Catholic.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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

23,877 days ago

(65 years, 152 days)