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Sunday, July 23, 1961

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The Headlines

3-RUN 9TH DECIDES; Blanchard Drive With 2 Out Starts Yanks Toward Victory YANKS' 3 IN NINTH BEAT RED SOX, 11-9

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

  • The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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

23,693 days ago

(64 years, 333 days)