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Sunday, April 2, 1961
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The Headlines
GRIFFITH FINISHES PARET IN THE 13TH AND TAKES CROWN; New Yorker Uses 2-Fisted Surge to Capture World Welterweight Title LEFT HOOK IS DECISIVE Cuban Is Knocked Out First Time in His Career Before 4,618 at Miami Beach GRIFFITH FINISHES PARET IN THE 13TH
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Blue Moon
The Marcels
#1 at the box office
Exodus
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
- Émile Zola (1840)
- AD 747 (747)
- 181 (181)
- Giacomo Casanova (1725)
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
23,805 days ago
(65 years, 80 days)