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On the date
Thursday, June 15, 1961
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The Headlines
U.S. Move Blocked In Integration Case; U.S. MOVE BARRED IN SCHOOL CLOSING
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Moody River
Pat Boone
#1 at the box office
The Pleasure of His Company
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Xi Jinping (1953)
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Johnny Hallyday (1943)
- Jim Varney (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
23,731 days ago
(65 years, 6 days)