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Monday, July 23, 1962
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The Headlines
INDIA LAYS FIRING TO CHINESE REDS; Note of Protest Says Border Incidents Are Provocative Peiping Accuses Delhi
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
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Wikipedia →Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
Wikipedia →The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sergio Mattarella (1941)
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Woody Harrelson (1961)
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
23,328 days ago
(63 years, 333 days)