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Friday, March 31, 1961
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The Headlines
Castro Tries Sport of 'Idle Rich'; Cuban Golfs, Boasts He Could 'Easily' Beat Kennedy Castro Tries Sport of 'Idle Rich'; Says He Could Beat Kennedy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Blue Moon
The Marcels
#1 at the box office
Exodus
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
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
23,808 days ago
(65 years, 83 days)