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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 →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Woody Harrelson (1961)
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
23,693 days ago
(64 years, 333 days)