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Tuesday, December 1, 1959
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The Headlines
REAL ESTATE MEN SCORE ZONE PLAN; Proposal by Commission Is Rejected as Harmful and Costly to the City REAL ESTATE MEN SCORE ZONE PLAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Summer Place
The must-have
Barbie Doll
On This Day
Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Escobar (1949)
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Sebastián Piñera (1949)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
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
24,294 days ago
(66 years, 204 days)