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On the date
Monday, May 12, 1958
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The Headlines
RIOTS IN LEBANON BRING NEW CURBS; Political Foes Fight in Tripoli as Deaths Rise to 21 RIOTS IN LEBANON BRING NEW CURBS
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
South Pacific
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- George Carlin (1937)
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
24,862 days ago
(68 years, 42 days)