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On the date

Monday, February 4, 1963

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The Headlines

Congress Drive On to Prevent Navy From Retiring Rickover; Special Bill May Be Needed to Keep Admiral in His Two Nuclear Posts Congress Drive on to Prevent Navy From Retiring Rickover Job is Changing View Taken by Navy

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1963

  • I have a dream

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

23,132 days ago

(63 years, 137 days)