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Sunday, June 28, 1959
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The Headlines
MISS WRIGHT'S 287 KEEPS U. S. CROWN; Louise Suggs 2 Shots Back in National Open Golf
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Horse Soldiers
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
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
24,449 days ago
(66 years, 359 days)