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Tuesday, December 5, 1961
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The Headlines
FRANCE OPPOSING U.S. BERLIN PLAN; Paris Is Reported Resisting Proposal to Renegotiate City's Links to Bonn FRANCE OPPOSING U.S. BERLIN PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes
#1 at the box office
King of Kings
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
23,558 days ago
(64 years, 198 days)