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Thursday, December 20, 1962
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The Headlines
BRITAIN GIVES UP ON THE SKYBOLT, MAY GET POLARIS; Friendly Accord Reached by Kennedy and Macmillan in First Nassau Talk PLEDGE ON NATO NOTED U.S. Pegs Aid for London's Nuclear Force on Its Later Link to Allies Setting for Conference U.S. BARS TEST BAN THAT IS UNPOLICED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Telstar
The Tornados
#1 at the box office
Mutiny on the Bounty
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
You Share a Birthday With
- Binali Yıldırım (1955)
- Martin Schulz (1955)
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Kim Ki-duk (1960)
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890)
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
23,179 days ago
(63 years, 184 days)