From the day
On the date
Saturday, September 26, 1959
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The Headlines
Little Augie Pisano Is Slain With Woman in Auto Here; Little Augie Pisano Is Shot Dead With Woman in Auto in Queens
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That Kind of Woman
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- Manmohan Singh (1932)
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
24,359 days ago
(66 years, 269 days)