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On the date
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
Read in The New York Times →#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 →
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
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
24,826 days ago
(68 years, 6 days)