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Tuesday, February 21, 1961
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The Headlines
TAX RELIEF GAINS FOR NONRESIDENTS; State Senate Approves Bill Permitting Them Equality on Income Deductions TAX RELIEF GAINS FOR NONRESIDENT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
#1 at the box office
The Misfits
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- Harald V (1937)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Alan Rickman (1946)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
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
23,845 days ago
(65 years, 120 days)