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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

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

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

23,867 days ago

(65 years, 142 days)