yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Tuesday, January 14, 1958

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

PEACETIME PEAK; Estimates Are Based on Expected Upturn in Business Soon President Asks 73.9 Billion in Record Peacetime Budget Stressing New Weapons NO TAX INCREASE CALLED FOR IN '58 Eisenhower Sees Business Upturn Lifting Receipts of Federal Government

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on Your Hit Parade

At the Hop

Danny & the Juniors with Artie Singer

The must-have

Hula Hoop

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1958

  • It's a bird! It's a plane!

Tech Check

Integrated Circuit (Microchip), Stereo Records & Modem.

Cost of Living (1950)

Loaf of Bread

$0.14

Gallon of Gas

$0.27

Average Home

$7,354

New Car

$1,510

Time Elapsed

24,979 days ago

(68 years, 159 days)