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On the date

Wednesday, September 11, 1963

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The Headlines

VIETNAM CLOSES 5 MORE SCHOOLS; 100 ARE ARRESTED; 2,400 Now Held in Saigon Regime Presents Two Girls as Red Agents Protests Are Weaker Angered by Charges 5 MORE SCHOOLS CLOSED IN SAIGON Nhu Denies Plans to Move

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

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

22,913 days ago

(62 years, 283 days)