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On the date
Saturday, March 4, 1961
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The Headlines
Court Finds Mayor's Auto Ban In Storm Had No Basis in Law; Court Finds Mayor's Auto Ban In Storm Had No Basis in Law
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Pony Time
Chubby Checker
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
- Miriam Makeba (1932)
- François Fillon (1954)
- Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
- Alpha Condé (1938)
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
23,834 days ago
(65 years, 109 days)