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Saturday, November 18, 1961
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The Headlines
KROLL PROPOSED THAW TO MOSCOW; German Asked Khrushchev for 'Grand Reconciliation' KROLL PROPOSED THAW TO MOSCOW
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
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Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Margaret Atwood (1939)
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945)
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
23,575 days ago
(64 years, 215 days)