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Friday, May 19, 1961
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The Headlines
KOREAN MILITARY IS WORRYING U.S.; Washington Hopes for Civil Rule Soon -- Junta in Seoul Spurs Anti-Red Reforms KOREAN MILITARY IS WORRYING U.S.
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
On This Day
Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
Wikipedia →At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Malcolm X (1925)
- Pol Pot (1925)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
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
23,759 days ago
(65 years, 34 days)