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Friday, November 29, 1963
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The Headlines
KENNEDY'S WORDS PROVIDE KEYNOTE FOR THANKSGIVING; His Proclamation Stressing 'Great Unfinished Tasks' Is Read From Pulpits CUSTOMS ARE OBSERVED Football Contests, Parades and Family Dinners Held Throughout the Nation Text Read by Clergy KENNEDY'S WORDS UNDERLIE HOLIDAY Thousands See Parade Turnpike Crowded 98 Million Bred Spanish Thanksgiving
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Under the Yum Yum Tree
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
22,835 days ago
(62 years, 205 days)