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Wednesday, June 28, 1961
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The Headlines
SHARKEY INSISTS MAYOR RUN STARK FOR COUNCIL HEAD; Also Says That Candidate for Controller Must Be 'Acceptable to Buckley' REGULAR SLATE DRAWN Names Are Being Withheld Until After Liberals Name Their Ticket Tonight SHARKEY INSISTS MAYOR RUN STARK
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
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
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
23,718 days ago
(64 years, 358 days)