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Tuesday, May 23, 1961
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The Headlines
COMMUTERS' TAX VOTED BY JERSEY; TEST IS EXPECTED; Albany Calls Plan Illegal -It Would Divert at Least 38 Million to Trenton COMMUTERS' TAX VOTED BY JERSEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Travelin' Man
Ricky Nelson
#1 at the box office
Gone with the Wind (reissue)
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You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Anatoly Karpov (1951)
- Alan García (1949)
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
23,754 days ago
(65 years, 29 days)