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On the date
Tuesday, August 4, 1959
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The Headlines
MOST IN CAPITAL WELCOME VISITS; But Some Sound a Note of Caution -- No One Predicts Any Major Accords Capital Generally Favorable to Exchange of Visits FEW LAWMAKERS OBJECT STRONGLY But No One Predicts Talks Will Dissolve Differences Between U.S. and Soviet
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Anatomy of a Murder
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1805)
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
24,412 days ago
(66 years, 322 days)