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Tuesday, February 14, 1961
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The Headlines
Residents of Westchester Battle For Right to Leave Boots in Hall; GALOSHES IN HALL LEAD TO DISPUTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Calcutta
Lawrence Welk
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
- Michael Bloomberg (1942)
- Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945)
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
23,853 days ago
(65 years, 128 days)