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Thursday, June 22, 1961
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The Headlines
KHRUSHCHEV VOWS TO RENEW A-TESTS IF THE WEST DOES; Asserts Soviet Would Raise Arms Spending to Match U.S. Military Build-Up WEST GERMANY SCORED Premier Charges in Kremlin Speech Bonn 'Militarists' Plot War on Russia KHRUSHCHEV GIVES A-TEST WARNING
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
#1 at the box office
The Pleasure of His Company
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Meryl Streep (1949)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
- Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
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
23,724 days ago
(64 years, 364 days)