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Friday, May 5, 1961
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The Headlines
GOVERNOR PLANS INQUIRY ON BINGO AND LICENSE UNIT; Will Name Moreland Act Investigator in Wake of Testimony on Graft LOTTERY CHIEF CHIDED Rockefeller Says Hannah Tries to Shift Blame for Shortcomings in Work Governor Sets Inquiry on Bingo And Control of Games by State
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Runaway
Del Shannon
#1 at the box office
Gone with the Wind (reissue)
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Karl Marx (1818)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846)
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921)
- Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747)
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
23,773 days ago
(65 years, 48 days)