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Sunday, February 26, 1961
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The Headlines
ELECTRONICS BOOM RESISTS RECESSION; Survey of 8 Manufacturing Centers Shows Industry Is Steady to Strong '61 SALES PEAK SIGHTED Radio-TV Soft Spots Noted, but Military Items and Business Lines Gain ELECTRONICS BOOM RESISTS RECESSION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
#1 at the box office
Exodus
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You Share a Birthday With
- Victor Hugo (1802)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954)
- Ariel Sharon (1928)
- Johnny Cash (1932)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564)
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
23,840 days ago
(65 years, 115 days)