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On the date
Monday, September 1, 1958
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The Headlines
RUSSIANS ASK U.S. TO COLLABORATE ON H-BOMB POWER; American Aides in Geneva Are Lukewarm to Offer -- Await Formal Bid RUSSIANS ASK U. S. TO COLLABORATE
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
- Annie Ernaux (1940)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- Roh Moo-hyun (1946)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
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
24,749 days ago
(67 years, 294 days)