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On the date
Monday, December 24, 1962
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The Headlines
DOCK STRIKE ON; KENNEDY APPEAL IS TURNED DOWN; Atlantic Gulf Coast Hit --65,000 Dockers Picket New York Waterfront WIRTZ SCORES TAFT ACT Union Defiance of President May Prompt Congress to Revise Labor Law 'Prolongation' Feared 'Wirtz Sights Flaw DOCK STRIKE ON ALONG 2 COASTS Blow to Economy
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
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
23,175 days ago
(63 years, 180 days)