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On the date

Saturday, October 12, 1963

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The Headlines

ALGERIANS SEIZE 3 REBEL TOWNS; Fighting Erupts in Kabylia --Algiers Says Resistance Is 'Virtually Eliminated' Advanced in Mountains ALGERIANS SEIZE 3 REBEL TOWNS

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The must-have

Easy-Bake Oven

On This Day

  • After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.

    Wikipedia →

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

22,882 days ago

(62 years, 252 days)