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On the date
Tuesday, August 25, 1959
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The Headlines
WORLD'S FAIR BID PUSHED BY MOSES; He Asks $100,000 Capital Budget Funds to Survey Flushing Meadow Site WORLD'S FAIR BID PUSHED BY MOSES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
North by Northwest
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Sean Connery (1930)
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Erich Honecker (1912)
- Tim Burton (1958)
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
24,391 days ago
(66 years, 301 days)