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Tuesday, December 11, 1962
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The Headlines
REBELS IN BORNEO CLING TO OIL FIELD; Resist Britain's Offensive on Brunei Focal Point-- R.A.F. Planes on Way Air Field Captured
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
On This Day
Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
23,187 days ago
(63 years, 192 days)