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Thursday, August 28, 1958
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The Headlines
CHINA REDS SHELL QUEMOY OUTPOST; New Amphibious Threat to Offshore Islands Seen as Bombardment Goes On U. S. and Nationalist Chinese Confer on the Defense of Taiwan CHINA REDS SHELL QUEMOY OUTPOSTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)
Unknown Artist
#1 at the box office
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
- Paul Martin (1938)
- Ai Weiwei (1957)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
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
24,753 days ago
(67 years, 298 days)