From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 7, 1958
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The Headlines
Peiping Demands U. N. Leave Korea; Peiping Demands U. N. Remove All the Troops It Has in Korea
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
#1 at the box office
The Bridge on the River Kwai †
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
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
24,866 days ago
(68 years, 46 days)