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Saturday, May 20, 1961

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The Headlines

OUSTED MINISTERS JAILED IN KOREA; PRESIDENT QUITS; 8 Ex-Cabinet Members and 3 Generals Are Seized -- Magruder Move Reported OUSTED MINISTERS JAILED IN KOREA

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

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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

23,758 days ago

(65 years, 33 days)