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Sunday, June 24, 1962
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The Headlines
AIR STRIKE STOPS EASTERN'S PLANES; PAN AM GETS WRIT; Flight Engineers Withdraw Pickets on One Line After U.S. Judge Issues Order MEDIATORS URGE TALKS Walkouts Disrupt Service in Many Cities Eastern Considers Court Move AIR STRIKE STOPS EASTERN'S PLANES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Can't Stop Loving You
Ray Charles
#1 at the box office
That Touch of Mink
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Claudia Sheinbaum (1962)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
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
23,357 days ago
(63 years, 362 days)