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Wednesday, August 16, 1961
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The Headlines
SENATE APPROVES CURB ON SPENDING IN LONG-TERM AID; Dirksen Proposal Is Voted, 52 to 44 -- Kennedy Wins Test on Military Funds SENATE APPROVES FOREIGN AID CURB
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
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
23,670 days ago
(64 years, 310 days)