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On the date
Wednesday, October 29, 1958
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The Headlines
RECORD HIGH SET BY NATIONAL DEBT; Total at $280,851,429,657 Under Deficit Borrowing as Revenue Declines RECORD HIGH SET BY NATIONAL DEBT
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
You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Franz von Papen (1879)
- Dan Castellaneta (1957)
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
24,691 days ago
(67 years, 236 days)