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Thursday, October 25, 1962
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The Headlines
PREMIER WRITES; Letter to Russell Calls for Parley to Avert a Nuclear Clash PREMIER ASKS U.S. TO DROP BLOCKADE He Assures British Pacifist That Moscow Will Make No Reckless Decisions
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Monster Mash
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
#1 at the box office
The Longest Day
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
23,234 days ago
(63 years, 239 days)