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On the date
Wednesday, January 14, 1959
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The Headlines
NEW PAIN-KILLER IS TESTED BY U. S.; Drug Found More Effective and Safer Than Morphine New Pain-Killer is Tested by U.S.
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Auntie Mame †
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Yukio Mishima (1925)
- Giulio Andreotti (1919)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
24,614 days ago
(67 years, 159 days)