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On the date
Sunday, June 16, 1957
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The Headlines
THE SHAPE OF THINGS; Being an Observation on the Spate Of Female Figures in Films Heroic Form Dynamic Dame
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Island in the Sun
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
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
25,191 days ago
(69 years, 6 days)