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Friday, August 30, 1963
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The Headlines
DEGAULLE OFFERS TO HELP VIETNAM END FOREIGN ROLE; Would Cooperate to Unify Country--Strikes at U.S. and Red 'Influences' Reasserts French Interest France's Tie of Long Standing DE GAULLE OFFERS HELP TO VIETNAM Washington Is Annoyed A Preliminary View
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
The Moscow–Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
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
22,925 days ago
(62 years, 295 days)