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On the date
Monday, April 15, 1957
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The Headlines
TRADE FAIR LURES 50,000 AT OPENING; Crowd Jams the Coliseum to See Displays of Goods From Foreign Lands TRADE FAIR LURES 50,000 AT OPENING
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Ten Commandments †
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
25,254 days ago
(69 years, 69 days)