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Saturday, June 3, 1961
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The Headlines
NAVY ADDS SHIPS IN THE CARIBBEAN IN TRUJILLO CRISIS; 40 U.S. Vessels Prepared to Evacuate Americans If Danger Arises O.A.S. INQUIRY IS URGED Report of Police Brutality Stirs Alarm in Capital -- Mass Arrests Feared Navy Widens Caribbean Patrol In Dominican Republic Crisis
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Running Scared
Roy Orbison
#1 at the box office
The Pleasure of His Company
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Raúl Castro (1931)
- George V (1865)
- Josephine Baker (1906)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926)
- Jefferson Davis (1808)
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
23,743 days ago
(65 years, 18 days)