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Saturday, October 11, 1958
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The Headlines
Rockefeller Terms Harriman 'Complacent' and Boss-Ridden; FOE BOSS-RIDDEN, ROCKEFELLER SAYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
It's All in the Game
Tommy Edwards
#1 at the box office
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The must-have
Hula Hoop
On This Day
NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
- Amitabh Bachchan (1942)
- François Mauriac (1885)
- Bobby Charlton (1937)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
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
24,710 days ago
(67 years, 255 days)