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Tuesday, April 21, 1964
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The Headlines
Meeting of O'Connor With Militant CORE Leaders Ends in Failure; STALL‐IN LEADERS DEFY PLEA TO BAR TIE‐UP TOMORROW; Civil Rights Groups Served With a Court Order After They Rebuff O'Connor; COUNTERPLAN DETAILED; National CORE Considering Protests Atop Unisphere and the Giant Orange
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Tom Jones
The must-have
G.I. Joe
On This Day
A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Elizabeth II (1926)
- Max Weber (1864)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816)
- Anthony Quinn (1915)
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882)
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
22,690 days ago
(62 years, 60 days)