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Thursday, March 27, 1958
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The Headlines
EISENHOWER SEES BOTTOM OF SLUMP ALREADY AT HAND; Asks Authority to Expedite 840 Million in Spending -- Machine Tooling Rises EISENHOWER SEES SLUMP AT BOTTOM
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Tequila
The Champs
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled.
The must-have
Hula Hoop
On This Day
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
- Mariano Rajoy (1955)
- James Callaghan (1912)
- Gloria Swanson (1899)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886)
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
24,907 days ago
(68 years, 87 days)