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Wednesday, August 8, 1962
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The Headlines
ADENAUER PARTY WARNS NEUTRALS ON PEACE TREATY; Threatens Halt in Aid to Any Backing a Soviet Pact With East Germany ADENAUER PARTY WARNS NEUTRALS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Neil Sedaka
#1 at the box office
That Touch of Mink
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
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
23,312 days ago
(63 years, 317 days)