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Tuesday, February 7, 1961
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The Headlines
SCHOOLS TO OPEN; Chance of New Snow Tonight Predicted -- L.I.R.R. Crowded City Keeps Ban on Autos but Lifts It for Trucks; Trains Packed With Commuters A NEW SNOWFALL MAY HIT TONIGHT 13,000 Men Labor to Clear Streets -- 10 Deaths Here Attributed to Weather
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Calcutta
Lawrence Welk
#1 at the box office
The Misfits
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You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Dickens (1812)
- Thomas More (1478)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885)
- Alfred Adler (1870)
- Puyi (1906)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
23,860 days ago
(65 years, 135 days)