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Monday, January 13, 1964
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The Headlines
CASTRO IN SOVIET FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH KHRUSHCHEV; Lands With Moscow Aides Back From Cuba—Russian Leader Welcomes Him
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Charade
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971).
Wikipedia →Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, in response to anti-Hindu riots in East Pakistan. About one hundred people are killed.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961)
- Eric Betzig (1960)
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
22,789 days ago
(62 years, 159 days)