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Thursday, November 16, 1961
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The Headlines
U.N. BIDS PARIS AID JAILED ALGERIANS; Assembly, 62-0, Appeals for Political-Captive Status to End Hunger Strike U.N. BIDS PARIS AID JAILED ALGERIANS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Big Bad John
Jimmy Dean
#1 at the box office
King of Kings
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
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
23,577 days ago
(64 years, 217 days)