From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 11, 1961
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The Headlines
White Sox, Athletics Make 4-for-4 Trade; WHITE SOX TRADE 4 FOR ATHLETICS' 4
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Travelin' Man
Ricky Nelson
#1 at the box office
The Pleasure of His Company
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899)
- Gene Wilder (1933)
- Jacques Cousteau (1910)
- Richard Strauss (1864)
- Ben Jonson (1572)
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
23,736 days ago
(65 years, 11 days)