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Monday, August 4, 1958
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The Headlines
Jehovah's Witnesses Rally 250,000 at Final Session; 250,000 WITNESSES AT CLOSING RALLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Poor Little Fool
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Indiscreet
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
24,777 days ago
(67 years, 322 days)