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Monday, August 26, 1963
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The Headlines
U.S. AGENCY BACKS WHEAT RADIATION; Drug Administration's Move on Sterilizing Grain Called Boon to Hungry in India Engineers Urged Plan U.S. AGENCY BACKS WHEAT RADIATION
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
- Robert Walpole (1676)
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
22,929 days ago
(62 years, 299 days)