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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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Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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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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You Share a Birthday With
- Hokusai (1760)
- John Keats (1795)
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887)
- Johannes Vermeer (1632)
- Peter Jackson (1961)
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
23,593 days ago
(64 years, 233 days)