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On the date
Thursday, February 13, 1958
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The Headlines
BYRD WILL LEAVE OFFICE IN JANUARY; Senator, 70, Cites Illness of Wife -- Kerr in Line as Finance Chairman
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
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1766)
- William Shockley (1910)
- Georges Simenon (1903)
- Ivan Krylov (1769)
- Paul Biya (1933)
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)