From the day
On the date
Saturday, February 9, 1957
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The Headlines
Oil Price Inquiry Ordered; U.S. Maps Plea on Output; Grand Jury Called to Decide if Antitrust Laws Were Violated--States Face Call to Send More Fuel Abroad U.S. SETS INQUIRY ON OIL PRICE RISE Oil Committee Set Up Texas Asks for Parley
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Ten Commandments †
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
25,318 days ago
(69 years, 133 days)