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Sunday, May 13, 1962
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The Headlines
President Puts Progress Of U.S. Up to the People; Tells Milwaukee Dinner 'We Have Many Tasks Still Undone'--Asks Support on His Social and Economic Goals KENNEDY APPEALS FOR CITIZEN AID Crowds Cheer Kennedy
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
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
23,399 days ago
(64 years, 39 days)