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Wednesday, July 24, 1963
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The Headlines
143 MORE SEIZED IN PROTESTS HERE; Racial Pickets in Brooklyn and Queens Block Work Unions Offer Plan 449 Arrested So Far 143 MORE SEIZED IN PROTESTS HERE Negro Workers Satisfied Aug. 28 March Planned
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Simón Bolívar (1783)
- Alexandre Dumas (1802)
- Amelia Earhart (1897)
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857)
- Robert Graves (1895)
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
22,962 days ago
(62 years, 332 days)