From the day
On the date
Monday, June 24, 1957
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
RED CHINA URGED TO COMBAT CRITICS; Pravda Reprints Editorial From Peiping Assailing Attacks on Party Czechs Cite Soviet Example RED CHINA URGED TO COMBAT CRITICS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Island in the Sun
The must-have
Frisbee
On This Day
In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Martin Lewis Perl (1927)
- Julia Kristeva (1941)
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
25,183 days ago
(68 years, 363 days)