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Wednesday, December 12, 1962
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The Headlines
Kennedy Considers Drastic Cut In Budget for a Nuclear Rocket; KENNEDY WEIGHS ROCKET FUND CUT
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
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Rajinikanth (1950)
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)