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Wednesday, April 5, 1961
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The Headlines
M'NAMARA URGES STEPS TO PREVENT FALSE-ALARM WAR; Tells Senators U.S. Should Not Rely on Hair-Trigger Retaliation Systems OUTLINES BUDGET SHIFT Says Nation Should Not Be 'Forced' to Use A-Bomb in Limited Conflicts McNamara Urges Steps to Bar Atom War From a False Alarm
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
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947)
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)