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Wednesday, November 8, 1961
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The Headlines
JERSEY SURPRISE; National Impact Seen as Kennedy-Backed Democrat Wins Hughes Defeats Mitchell for the Governorship of New Jersey DEMOCRAT WINS, SCORING AN UPSET Former Judge Had Kennedy Backing in Fight Against Ex-Labor Secretary
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
#1 at the box office
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
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
23,585 days ago
(64 years, 225 days)