From the day
On the date
Sunday, February 9, 1958
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The Headlines
Arms & Parleys
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Don't
Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
#1 at the box office
A Farewell to Arms
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
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
24,953 days ago
(68 years, 133 days)