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On the date
Monday, March 13, 1961
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The Headlines
NEW PARLEY SET BY TOP LAOTIANS; Vientiane Is Sending Team to See Souvanna Phouma as Rebel Troops Gain NEW PARLEY SET BY TOP LAOTIANS
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
- Giorgos Seferis (1900)
- Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741)
- Pope Innocent XII (1615)
- Mahmoud Darwish (1942)
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899)
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
23,825 days ago
(65 years, 100 days)