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On the date
Thursday, May 1, 1958
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The Headlines
Eisenhower Calls News Parleys 'Fine'; Eisenhower Calls News Parleys 'Fine Institution' of Modern Day
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Witch Doctor
David Seville
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai †
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
24,872 days ago
(68 years, 52 days)