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Saturday, November 11, 1961
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The Headlines
Eisenhower Visits With Truman; First Chat in Years Is Held in Library at Independence EISENHOWER PAYS CALL ON TRUMAN
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Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
#1 at the box office
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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On This Day
Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- Daniel Ortega (1945)
- George S. Patton (1885)
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
23,582 days ago
(64 years, 222 days)