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Wednesday, June 5, 1963
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The Headlines
Rockefeller Says l964 Plans Stand; '64 PLANS STAND, SAYS ROCKEFELLER
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
55 Days at Peking
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
Wikipedia →Movement of 15 Khordad: Protests against the arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini by the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In several cities, masses of angry demonstrators are confronted by tanks and paratroopers.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
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
23,012 days ago
(63 years, 17 days)