From the day
On the date
Saturday, March 11, 1961
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The Headlines
City to Cancel a Contract Of Concern State Accused; Broadway Maintenance Will Lose Its Parking Meter Work -- Wiley Says Company Ignored Warnings CITY WILL CANCEL METER CONTRACT
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
- Douglas Adams (1952)
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Qasem Soleimani (1957)
- Rupert Murdoch (1931)
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
23,827 days ago
(65 years, 102 days)