From the day
On the date
Tuesday, May 21, 1963
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The Headlines
State Wins 85-Year Fight For Equal Port Rail Rates; Supreme Court Decision Opens the Way for Northern Roads to Cut Charges to Level in Effect in the South RATE DIFFERENCE ON RAILS IS ENDED
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
How the West Was Won
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Mary Robinson (1944)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
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
23,026 days ago
(63 years, 31 days)