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On the date

Sunday, September 13, 1964

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 at the box office

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The must-have

G.I. Joe

On This Day

  • Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.

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  • South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1964

  • I want to hold your hand

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

22,545 days ago

(61 years, 280 days)