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On the date
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
23,758 days ago
(65 years, 33 days)