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Friday, August 4, 1961
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The Headlines
CONGRESS PASSES FARM COMPROMISE; President Gets Bill Calling for Sharp Crop Cutbacks -- Signature Expected CONGRESS PASSES FARM COMPROMISE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
#1 at the box office
The Guns of Navarone
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You Share a Birthday With
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)
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
23,681 days ago
(64 years, 321 days)