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Thursday, February 2, 1961
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The Headlines
U.N. CHIEF SEEKS NEW CONGO POWER; Asks Council for Authority to Stop Fighting -- Sees Peril in Troop Loss U.N. CHIEF SEEKS NEW CONGO POWER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
#1 at the box office
The Misfits
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- James Joyce (1882)
- Ayn Rand (1905)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)
- Park Geun-hye (1952)
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)
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
23,864 days ago
(65 years, 139 days)