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Friday, January 12, 1962
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The Headlines
City Is Drawing Up Rent Control Law; WAGNER DRAFTING RENT CONTROL ACT
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
On This Day
Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Haruki Murakami (1949)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
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
23,521 days ago
(64 years, 161 days)