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Sunday, January 7, 1962
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The Headlines
SCHOOL-AID PLAN SCORED BY MAYOR; Calls State Group's Proposal a Raw Deal' for City WAGNER ASSAILS SCHOOL-AID PLAN Plans to Have Bills Offered Proposal Explained
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Twist
Chubby Checker
#1 at the box office
Flower Drum Song
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Aleksandr Dugin (1962)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Telstar Satellite, LED (Light Emitting Diode) & Compact Cassette.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,526 days ago
(64 years, 166 days)