From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 25, 1959
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The Headlines
Tennessee A. and I. Women Gain National Indoor Track Crown; TENNESSEE GIRLS WIN TRACK TITLE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Some Came Running
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
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
24,603 days ago
(67 years, 148 days)