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On the date
Sunday, May 18, 1958
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The Headlines
Salesmen 'Beating the Bushes For Orders and Getting Them'; ORMET ENTERING ALUMINUM FIELD
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
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
24,855 days ago
(68 years, 35 days)