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On the date
Friday, December 12, 1958
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The Headlines
9 City Papers Suspended In Dispute With 2 Unions; Refusal of Printers at The Daily News to Cross Deliverers' Picket Lines Leads to the Shutdowns
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio
#1 at the box office
South Seas Adventure
The must-have
Hula Hoop
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Rajinikanth (1950)
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
24,648 days ago
(67 years, 193 days)