From the day
On the date
Wednesday, November 18, 1959
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The Headlines
Soviet Paper to Let U.S. Writer Retort to Its Criticism of Him; Mark Twain Editor Mails 1,100-Word Reply After Appeal to Khrushchev SOVIET PAPER LETS U. S. WRITER REPLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Pillow Talk
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Margaret Atwood (1939)
- Louis Daguerre (1787)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
- Patrick Blackett (1897)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945)
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
24,307 days ago
(66 years, 217 days)