From the day
On the date
Sunday, October 29, 1961
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The Headlines
Fall-out
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Runaround Sue
Dion
#1 at the box office
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Dan Castellaneta (1957)
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
23,596 days ago
(64 years, 236 days)