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Sunday, February 19, 1961
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The Headlines
NEW REBEL FORCE REPORTED IN CUBA; Regime Said to Send Troops to Landing Area -- Army Defections Rumored NEW REBEL FORCE REPORTED IN CUBA
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953)
- Svante Arrhenius (1859)
- Saparmurat Niyazov (1940)
- André Breton (1896)
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
23,847 days ago
(65 years, 122 days)