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Saturday, November 9, 1963
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The Headlines
MAYOR OF BUFFALO TO SEEK BET VOTE; Republican Adds Pressure on Legislators to Act on Off-Track Issue MAYOR OF BUFFALO FAVORS BET VOTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Mary, Mary
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
At a coal mine in Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458 and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
Wikipedia →The Tsurumi rail accident on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama kills 162 people.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Carl Sagan (1934)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Imre Kertész (1929)
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
22,854 days ago
(62 years, 224 days)