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On the date
Monday, September 2, 1963
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The Headlines
Ranking Saigon Buddhist and 2 Aides Flee Into American Embassy; 3 BUDDHIST MONKS TAKE U.S. REFUGE They Dash for Building Two Who Left Called Safe
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Keir Starmer (1962)
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
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
22,922 days ago
(62 years, 292 days)