From the day
On the date
Monday, June 9, 1958
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The Headlines
Front Page 1 -- No Title; GREECE BIDS NATO MEET ON CYPRUS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Purple People Eater
Sheb Wooley
#1 at the box office
South Pacific
The must-have
Hula Hoop
On This Day
Aeroflot Flight 105 crashes on approach to Magdan-13 Airport, killing 24.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
- George Stephenson (1781)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)
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
24,834 days ago
(68 years, 14 days)