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Thursday, May 16, 1963
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The Headlines
COOPER IS FLYING SMOOTHLY ON, WILL TRY FOR AT LEAST 17 ORBITS; HE EJECTS BEACON, THEN SLEEPS; GOAL IS 22 ORBITS Astronaut May Land in Pacific Tonight-- TV Image Fuzzy Cooper Flying Smoothly On After Getting Permission to Try for at Least 17 Orbits ASTRONAUT NAPS EARLY IN FLIGHT Sends TV Pictures Back to Earth but Image Is Fuzzy --Final Goal 22 Orbits
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
How the West Was Won
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- Pierce Brosnan (1953)
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Touch-Tone Phone, Computer Mouse (Prototype) & Instant Replay.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,031 days ago
(63 years, 36 days)