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Sunday, April 23, 1961
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The Headlines
FRANCE IN STATE OF ALERT AFTER COUP IN ALGIERS; REVOLT SPREADS TO ORAN; SITUATION CHAOTIC Top de Gaulle Aides Are Arrested -- Paris Warns Mutineers FRANCE ALERTED ON ALGIERS COUP
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
Algiers putsch by French generals.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
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
23,785 days ago
(65 years, 60 days)