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Saturday, September 21, 1957
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The Headlines
GUARD PULLS OUT; Governor Asks Negro Students Not to Go to School at Once All Is Quiet at School 'Cooling Off' Period Urged FAUBUS YIELDS, PULLS OUT GUARD State A.D.A. Convenes Here
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Around the World in 80 Days
The must-have
Frisbee
On This Day
Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.
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You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Shinzo Abe (1954)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Stephen King (1947)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
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
25,094 days ago
(68 years, 274 days)