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On the date
Wednesday, February 12, 1958
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The Headlines
SCHWARTZ GIVES MORSE BIG PART OF INQUIRY FILES; Harris Calls Move 'Shocking' -- Replaces Moulder as Head of Subcommittee SCHWARTZ GIVES MORSE HIS FILES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Sugartime
The McGuire Sisters with Neal Hefti
#1 at the box office
A Farewell to Arms
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Julian Schwinger (1918)
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
24,950 days ago
(68 years, 130 days)