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Thursday, April 13, 1961
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The Headlines
RUSSIAN ORBITED THE EARTH ONCE, OBSERVING IT THROUGH PORTHOLES; SPACE FLIGHT LASTED 108 MINUTES; FLIER ACCLAIMED Talked to the Ground by Radio-Reported Visibility as Good Russian Orbited Earth Once, Observing It Through Portholes, on 108-Minute Flight SPACE FLIER WINS WORLD'S ACCLAIM Hailed by Soviet Premier as an 'Immortal' -- Talked to Ground by Radio
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Blue Moon
The Marcels
#1 at the box office
The Absent-Minded Professor
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
23,795 days ago
(65 years, 70 days)