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On the date
Wednesday, September 2, 1959
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The Headlines
Guterma and 2 Aides Indicted As Trujillo Agents in Radio Deal; Indicted by U. S. 3 IN U. S. CALLED TRUJILLO AGENTS
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
North by Northwest
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Andrej Babiš (1954)
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
24,383 days ago
(66 years, 293 days)