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On the date
Saturday, June 24, 1961
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The Headlines
Stevenson Tells President of Americas' Discontent; STEVENSON TELLS OF TRIP FINDINGS
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
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Julia Kristeva (1941)
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
23,723 days ago
(64 years, 363 days)