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On the date
Sunday, June 14, 1959
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The Headlines
BUTTON CONTROLS FOUR-STORY DRILL; Feat Typical of G.E.'s Newly Automated Turbine Plant -- Job Time Slashed
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Ask Any Girl
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Donald Trump (1946)
- Che Guevara (1928)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
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
24,463 days ago
(67 years, 8 days)