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On the date

Monday, October 30, 1961

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The Headlines

Hopes Rise in Milk Strike; Talks Will Resume Today; Management-Union Gap Narrowed, but Overtime Issue Remains Unsettled High Teamster Aide Joins Sessions OVERTIME SNAGS MILK MEDIATION

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Runaround Sue

Dion

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

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

23,594 days ago

(64 years, 234 days)