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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

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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

22,835 days ago

(62 years, 205 days)