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Tuesday, December 4, 1962
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The Headlines
FOG HERE CLOSES MAJOR AIRPORTS; 2 SHIPS COLLIDE; Freighter and Tanker Crash in Bay Off Staten Island Autos Are Slowed MORE FOG DUE TONIGHT Trains Add Extra Sleepers Liner and U.S. Carrier in West Coast Collision
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Big Girls Don't Cry
The Four Seasons
#1 at the box office
Mutiny on the Bounty
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
- Samuel Butler (novelist) (1835)
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
23,194 days ago
(63 years, 199 days)