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Sunday, August 20, 1961
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The Headlines
CITY AGENCIES ASK 1.3 BILLION OUTLAY; Capital Budget Requests Up 181 Million -- Felt Says Fund Pleas Must Be Cut CITY AGENCIES ASK 1.3 BILLION OUTLAY
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
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
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
23,665 days ago
(64 years, 305 days)