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On the date
Monday, January 30, 1961
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The Headlines
WALKOUT ON TUGS IS AVERTED HERE; 3-Year Pact Provides 12% Wage Rise -- Cost Put at 5 Million Annually 3-Year Contract Averts Strike By 3,500 Tugboat Men Here
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
#1 at the box office
Swiss Family Robinson
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Dick Cheney (1941)
- Islam Karimov (1938)
- Phil Collins (1951)
- Olof Palme (1927)
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
23,867 days ago
(65 years, 142 days)