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On the date
Thursday, May 18, 1961
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The Headlines
U.S. AND RUSSIANS CLASH AT GENEVA OVER A LAOS VETO; Rusk Fears Soviet Might Paralyze Control Body -- Gromyko Offers Plan U.S. and Soviet Clash at Geneva Over Veto on Laos Commission
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mother-in-Law
Ernie K-Doe
#1 at the box office
Gone with the Wind (reissue)
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
23,760 days ago
(65 years, 35 days)