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On the date
Monday, May 7, 1962
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The Headlines
REBELS CAPTURE LAOTIAN CENTER; U.S. Advisers Flown Out Washington Is Convinced Regime Provoked Attack
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Soldier Boy
The Shirelles
#1 at the box office
West Side Story
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
23,405 days ago
(64 years, 45 days)