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On the date

Monday, April 1, 1963

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The Headlines

114-DAY NEWSPAPER STRIKE ENDS AS ENGRAVERS RATIFY CONTACT; LOSS IS IN EXCESS OF $190,000,000; WAGNER PRAISED He Is Called Architect of Accord--$12.63 Package Accepted Newspaper Strike Ends on Its 114th Day as Photoengravers Vote to Accept Pact

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

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

23,076 days ago

(63 years, 81 days)