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On the date
Wednesday, February 22, 1961
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The Headlines
4-Year Picketing of Stork Club Is Ordered Ended by N.L.R.B.; 4-Year Picketing of Stork Club Is Ordered Ended by N.L.R.B.
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
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Horst Köhler (1943)
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
23,844 days ago
(65 years, 119 days)