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On the date
Wednesday, July 22, 1959
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The Headlines
Khrushchev Sees Misstep In Setting Up Communes; KHRUSHCHEV SEES COMMUNE MISSTEP
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Hole in the Head
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Willem Dafoe (1955)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
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
24,426 days ago
(66 years, 336 days)