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Friday, January 27, 1961

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The Headlines

4 INCHES OF SNOW ADDED BY STORM; MUCH OF EAST HIT; Fall Is Below Prediction, but Traveling Is Disrupted -- Cold Will Continue TOLL IN U.S. PUT AT 46 Many Jet Flights Into City Diverted -- Autos Slowed on Slippery Highways 4 INGHES OF SNOW ADDED BY STORM

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

The Shirelles

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

  • The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.

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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

23,870 days ago

(65 years, 145 days)