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Wednesday, May 10, 1961
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The Headlines
Eichmann Directive Is Blamed For Deaths of 4,000 Children; DOOM OF CHILDREN LAID TO EICHMANN
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
Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Bono (1960)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Sid Vicious (1957)
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
23,768 days ago
(65 years, 43 days)