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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
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
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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You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Buzz Aldrin (1930)
- David Lynch (1946)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
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
23,877 days ago
(65 years, 152 days)