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On the date
Monday, December 4, 1961
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The Headlines
RISE IN STATE AID SOUGHT FOR CITY; Increase of $261,219,000 in Grants and Tax Revenue Urged by Mayor for '62 RISE IN STATE AID SOUGHT FOR CITY
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
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
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
23,559 days ago
(64 years, 199 days)