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On the date
Tuesday, April 15, 1958
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The Headlines
MODERATE VOTE LIKELY IN JERSEY; Six Seeking Nominations for Senate Today -- Meyner's Prestige at Stake MODERATE VOTE LIKELY IN JERSEY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Twilight Time
The Platters
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai earned nearly $600,000 from the cities sampled.
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
24,888 days ago
(68 years, 68 days)