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Thursday, August 16, 1962
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The Headlines
SOVIET REJOICES AT SAFE LANDING OF 2 ASTRONAUTS; Spaceships Brought Down 6 Minutes Apart in Desert Region of Kazakhstan KHRUSHCHEV IS CALLED Nikolayev and Popovich Say They Are Well and Ready to Make New Flight Soviet Rejoices at Safe Landing of Nikolayev and Popovich in Their Spaceships CRAFT CAME DOWN IN DESERT REGION Astronauts Tell Khrushchev They Are Well and Ready to Make Further Flight They Are Well and Ready to Make Further Flight
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
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
23,304 days ago
(63 years, 309 days)