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Saturday, May 27, 1961
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The Headlines
KENNEDY TO TELL KHRUSHCHEV VETO PERILS DISARMING; Soviet Ban on Inspection Shadows World's Hopes, President Will Say DETERMINED STAND SET Moscow Demands Total Ban on Nuclear Explosions in New Turn at Geneva KENNEDY TO WARN RUSSIANS ON ARMS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Travelin' Man
Ricky Nelson
#1 at the box office
The Young Savages
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Henry Kissinger (1923)
- Christopher Lee (1922)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
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
23,750 days ago
(65 years, 25 days)