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Tuesday, September 17, 1957
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The Headlines
U.N. MEETS TODAY; ARMS, HUNGARY, CHINA ARE ISSUES; 41 Foreign Ministers Here for the Twelfth Session of General Assembly Early Debate Sought 12TH U.N. SESSION CONVENES TODAY
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Around the World in 80 Days
The must-have
Frisbee
You Share a Birthday With
- Narendra Modi (1950)
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Anne Bancroft (1931)
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
25,098 days ago
(68 years, 278 days)