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On the date

Friday, April 19, 1963

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The Headlines

Cuban Exile Chief Quits With Attack on Kennedy; Leader of Cuban Exiles Quits With Sharp Attack on Kennedy Notes Kennedy Pledge Orlich to Bar Politics

Read in The New York Times →

#1 at the box office

How the West Was Won

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

23,058 days ago

(63 years, 63 days)