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Saturday, September 16, 1961

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The Headlines

MENDERES TO DIE; BAYAR GETS LIFE; Turkish Court Also Dooms 2 Ex-Ministers -- Junta Spares Lives of 12 MENDERES TO DIE; BAYAR GETS LIFE Deposed Turkish Leaders Sentenced

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Take Good Care of My Baby

Bobby Vee

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On This Day

  • Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.

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  • Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

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  • The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

  • Ask not what your country can do for you

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

23,638 days ago

(64 years, 278 days)