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Monday, March 27, 1961
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The Headlines
KENNEDY AND MACMILLAN APPEAL TO SOVIET TO BACK NEUTRAL LAOS; RUSK ASKS SEATO TO MEET CRISIS; FULL AGREEMENT President Holds Talk With British Chief at Key West President and Prime Minister Confer in Florida on Laos Situation U.S. AND BRITAIN APPEAL TO SOVIET
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Surrender
Elvis Presley
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
- Mariano Rajoy (1955)
- James Callaghan (1912)
- Gloria Swanson (1899)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886)
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
23,811 days ago
(65 years, 86 days)