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Tuesday, April 4, 1961
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The Headlines
KENNEDY TO FLY TO SEE DE GAULLE MAY 31 FOR TALK; U.S. Leader Hopes to Reduce Major Policy Differences in 3 Days of Meetings KENNEDY TO VISIT DE GAULLE IN MAY
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
23,803 days ago
(65 years, 78 days)