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Thursday, June 29, 1961
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The Headlines
MEYNER MAY BACK A MORRIS JETPORT; Sees Project as Stimulus to State Economic Growth MEYNER MAY BACK A MORRIS JETPORT
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 Parent Trap
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900)
- Giorgio Napolitano (1925)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798)
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957)
- Murad I (1326)
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)