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On the date

Sunday, December 29, 1963

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The Headlines

QUILL WALKS OUT OF TRANSIT TALKS; GIVES ULTIMATUM; Sees New Year's Day Strike if Union Gets No Offer on Pay and a 4-Day Week 'Strike Is Intolerable' Board Shows Concern Quill Walks Out of Transit Talks And Warns of New Year's Strike Issues in Transit Dispute

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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

22,804 days ago

(62 years, 174 days)