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On the date

Wednesday, August 28, 1963

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The Headlines

SENATE VOTES BAN ON RAIL WALKOUT; HOUSE ACTS TODAY; Expected to Approve Plan Before Deadline--Morse and Tower Dissenters STRIKE SET FOR TONIGHT Measure Bars Stoppage for 180 Days--Arbitration Is Limited to Two Issues Goldwater Opposes Plan Sets Up 7-Man Board SENATE VOTES BAN ON RAIL WALKOUT Morse Assails Union Heads Sees Campaign Issue Urged to Use Air Mail

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

On This Day

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.

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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

22,927 days ago

(62 years, 297 days)