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On the date
Monday, July 3, 1961
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The Headlines
95 Day Crowds Beaches; Holiday Traffic Toll Rises; New Yorkers Find Ways to Keep Cool in the City MERCURY HITS 95; TRAFFIC TOLL RISES
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
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
23,713 days ago
(64 years, 353 days)