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Monday, June 16, 1958

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The Headlines

TITO SAYS PEIPING COUNTS ON A WAR TO RULE ALL ASIA; Yugoslav Chief Also Scoffs at Khrushchev Criticism of U. S. Economic Aid

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Purple People Eater

Unknown Artist

#1 at the box office

South Pacific

The must-have

Hula Hoop

On This Day

  • Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

blastflickkiboshshades

Greaser

cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad

Beatnik

cooldigfar outhipsquare

Catchphrases of 1958

  • It's a bird! It's a plane!

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

24,826 days ago

(68 years, 6 days)