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Monday, August 28, 1961
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The Headlines
Wagner Charges 'Smear'; Levitt Terms Him Inept; Rivals Exchange Accusations on Gracie Mansion, Profits on Housing, Civil Defense and Rent Control Law Mayor Charges 'Gutter Politics'; Levitt Labels Wagner Inept
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wooden Heart
Joe Dowell
#1 at the box office
Come September
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
- Paul Martin (1938)
- Ai Weiwei (1957)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
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
23,657 days ago
(64 years, 297 days)