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Sunday, December 8, 1963
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The Headlines
ORTHODOX LEADER SENDS POPE A NOTE; Meeting in Holy Land, With Protestants Participating, Foreseen at Vatican Air of Secrecy Prevails ORTHODOX LEADER SENDS POPE NOTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Under the Yum Yum Tree
The must-have
Easy-Bake Oven
On This Day
Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Kim Basinger (1953)
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
22,825 days ago
(62 years, 195 days)