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Tuesday, October 31, 1961

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The Headlines

LEFKOWITZ SEES COERCION IN RACE; Assails 'Strong-Arm' Tactics of Brotherhood Party in Supporting Wagner LEFKOWITZ SEES COERCION IN RACE

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

  • In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker.

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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

23,593 days ago

(64 years, 233 days)