From the day
On the date
Wednesday, September 4, 1963
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The Headlines
School Integration Begins Calmly in South Carolina and Baton Rouge; SOUTH IS ORDERLY AS SCHOOLS OPEN South Carolina Takes First Public Integration Step-- Memphis Stays Calm Charleston Acts SOUTH IS ORDERLY AS SCHOOLS OPEN Tells of Friendliness Savannah Watchful Guard in Cambridge Memphis Negroes Picket Florida Bows to Court Wide Virginia Change Baton Rouge Calm Nashville Follows Plan
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Cleopatra †
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
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
22,920 days ago
(62 years, 290 days)