From the day
On the date
Sunday, November 15, 1959
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The Headlines
Wisconsin Cranberry Shipment Seized as Chicago Bans Sales; WISCONSIN BATCH OF BERRIES SEIZED
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Pillow Talk
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
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
24,310 days ago
(66 years, 220 days)