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Friday, February 17, 1961
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The Headlines
BELGIANS ATTACK U.A.R.'S EMBASSY; Students Retaliate Against Cairo Demonstration BELGIANS ATTACK CAIRO'S EMBASSY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Calcutta
Lawrence Welk
#1 at the box office
The Misfits
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
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
23,849 days ago
(65 years, 124 days)