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Monday, February 3, 1958
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The Headlines
TRUMAN DISPUTES EISENHOWER ON '48; Denies Promising General to Back Him for President TRUMAN DISPUTES EISENHOWER ON '48
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
At the Hop
Danny & the Juniors
#1 at the box office
Peyton Place
The must-have
Hula Hoop
On This Day
Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Paul Auster (1947)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
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
24,959 days ago
(68 years, 139 days)