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Saturday, August 31, 1963
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The Headlines
House Panel Asks Closer Check On Soviet Trawlers Off Florida; Vessels Hugging Coastline on Trips to Cuba, Report Says --Route Is Termed Legal U.S. CHECK ASKED ON SOVIET SHIPS Witnesses Are Heard
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Tsai Ing-wen (1956)
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Hassan Nasrallah (1960)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Richard Gere (1949)
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
22,924 days ago
(62 years, 294 days)