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Thursday, July 6, 1961
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The Headlines
SHIPS SAIL AGAIN; PACT LOSES HERE; Mates Local Votes Against Terms as National Poll of Membership Begins Ships Sail Under Court Order; Mates in Local Here Reject Pact
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
#1 at the box office
Fanny
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- George W. Bush (1946)
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- 14th Dalai Lama (1935)
- Sylvester Stallone (1946)
- Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940)
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
23,710 days ago
(64 years, 350 days)