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On the date
Monday, October 2, 1961
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The Headlines
LORD HOME SAYS TALKS CONVINCED SOVIET OF DANGER; Tells Britons He and Rusk Made Russians Realize War Peril Was Real MEETINGS CONSTRUCTIVE Gromyko to See President After Fourth Session With Secretary of State HOME SAYS SOVIET NOW KNOWS PERIL
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
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
23,622 days ago
(64 years, 262 days)