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Friday, July 21, 1961
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The Headlines
NUCLEAR SURVEY ON SOVIET READY; Kennedy to Get Committee Data for U.S. Decision on Resumption of A-Tests NUCLEAR SURVEY ON SOVIET READY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
#1 at the box office
Fanny was still grossing $200,000 at Radio City Music Hall
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
Wikipedia →Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Alaska killing six.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Robin Williams (1951)
- Stefan Löfven (1957)
- John Atta Mills (1944)
- Cat Stevens (1948)
- Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
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
23,696 days ago
(64 years, 336 days)