On the date

Wednesday, November 22, 1961

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The Headlines

Rockefeller in Biak To Aid Hunt for Son; GOVERNOR LANDS ON BIAK ISLAND

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Jimmy Dean

#1 at the box office

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1961

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

23,571 days ago

(64 years, 211 days)