From the day
On the date
Friday, July 11, 1958
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The Headlines
Airmen Tell of Beatings, Near-Lynching in Soviet; Five Who Parachuted Say Farmers Set Upon Them Before Soldiers Came -- Official Treatment Called Good 5 AIRMEN RELATE SOVIET BEATINGS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
The Purple People Eater
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
The Vikings
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
24,802 days ago
(67 years, 347 days)