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On the date
Tuesday, September 19, 1961
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The Headlines
VIETNAM REBELS BURN CITY IN RAID; Regime Says 1,000 Reds Took Part in Attack VIETNAM REBELS BURN CITY IN RAID
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Take Good Care of My Baby
Bobby Vee
#1 at the box office
Come September
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- William Golding (1911)
- Jeremy Irons (1948)
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
- Emil Zátopek (1922)
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
23,636 days ago
(64 years, 276 days)