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On the date
Friday, October 9, 1959
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The Headlines
Rockefeller Urges Caution In More Trade With Soviet; Rules for Trading With Soviet Urged on West by Rockefeller
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The FBI Story
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
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
24,346 days ago
(66 years, 256 days)