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Sunday, September 10, 1961
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The Headlines
U.S. Will Speed Sending Of 40,000 Men to Europe; U.S. SET TO SPEED 40,000 TO EUROPE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Michael
The Highwaymen
#1 at the box office
Come September
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Compton (1892)
- Colin Firth (1960)
- Karl Lagerfeld (1933)
- Pope Julius III (1487)
- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839)
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
23,645 days ago
(64 years, 285 days)