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Wednesday, April 11, 1962
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The Headlines
WEST GIVES SOVIET LAST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAD OFF TEST; U.S.-British Note Urges Shift on Inspection, but Moscow Radio Derides Appeal Soviet Gets Copy Aimed at Neutrals West Gives Soviet Last Chance to Prevent Tests
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Johnny Angel
Shelley Fabares
#1 at the box office
West Side Story
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 145 (145)
- Andrew Wiles (1953)
- George Canning (1770)
- Guy Verhofstadt (1953)
- Ferdinand Lassalle (1825)
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
23,432 days ago
(64 years, 72 days)