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Wednesday, August 28, 1957
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The Headlines
NASHVILLE BEGINS INTEGRATION PLAN; School Registration Quiet, but Kasper Agitates for Boycott by Whites Tries to Calm the Parents NASHVILLE BEGINS INTEGRATION PLAN
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On This Day
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later. This would remain the longest speech ever conducted by a single Senator until Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, beginning on March 31, 2025.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
- Paul Martin (1938)
- Ai Weiwei (1957)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
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
25,119 days ago
(68 years, 299 days)