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Friday, November 17, 1961
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The Headlines
SOVIET INCREASES PRESSURE ON FINNS; Warns Envoy Tension Has Risen -- Helsinki Unlikely to Avoid Defense Talks SOVIET TIGHTENS SQUEEZE ON FINNS
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Danny DeVito (1944)
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
23,576 days ago
(64 years, 216 days)