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On the date
Thursday, January 9, 1964
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The Headlines
Robert Kennedy Defeats Despair; Decides to Stay On in Cabinet Position Through Election; President Asks Him to Continue Filling a Special Role
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Charade
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Joan Baez (1941)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
BASIC Programming Language, IBM System/360 & Word Processor.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
22,793 days ago
(62 years, 163 days)