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Thursday, July 12, 1962
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The Headlines
WRITE-OFFS SPED; Step on Depreciation Is Intended to Spur Economic Growth Business Taxes Cut 1.5 Billion by Treasury in Write-Off Plan ACTION INTENDED TO SPUR ECONOMY Goals Are the Modernization of Plants and Increases in Output and Employment
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Roses Are Red (My Love)
Bobby Vinton
#1 at the box office
That Touch of Mink
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Richard Simmons (1948)
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
23,339 days ago
(63 years, 344 days)