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Wednesday, October 21, 1959
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The Headlines
GEROSA AND JURY CHIDED ON BONDS; School Aide Says Board Will Not Bar Help of Parents School Official Attacks Gerosa And Kings Jurors On Bond Issue
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Pillow Talk
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
Wikipedia →In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
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
24,334 days ago
(66 years, 244 days)