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Tuesday, February 19, 1963

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The Headlines

BUSINESS GROUP FAVORS TAX CUT WITHOUT REFORM; The Committee for Economic Development Emphasizes Need for Promptness 1963 GOAL IS 6 BILLION Kennedy Said to Agree to Postponing Revision of System for a Year Favor Delay on Reforms Speed Is Called Vital BUSINESS GROUP FAVORS TAX CUT

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

On This Day

  • The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

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

23,117 days ago

(63 years, 122 days)