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Wednesday, May 24, 1961
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The Headlines
KENNEDY TO SPUR ATOMIC SHELTERS; Studying 320 Million Plan to Bolster Civil Defense KENNEDY TO SPUR ATOMIC SHELTERS
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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On This Day
American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
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
23,753 days ago
(65 years, 28 days)