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On the date
Wednesday, July 29, 1959
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The Headlines
TRUCE ON BERLIN OFFERED BY WEST; 5-Year Accord Would Give a Limited Role to U. N. -- Soviet Held Unyielding
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Nun's Story
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
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
24,419 days ago
(66 years, 329 days)