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Thursday, April 20, 1961
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The Headlines
HOUSE VOTES BILL ON 70 NEW JUDGES; Democrats Unite in 336-76 Victory -- Republicans See Pall of the 'Pork Barrel' HOUSE VOTES BILL FOR 70 JUDGESHIPS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Runaway
Del Shannon
#1 at the box office
The Absent-Minded Professor
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
23,788 days ago
(65 years, 63 days)