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On the date
Friday, December 25, 1959
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The Headlines
RISE IN STEEL PAY SOUGHT IN COURT; Union Asks for Cost of Living Increase of 4 Cents Hourly Retroactive to Nov. 7
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Solomon and Sheba
The must-have
Barbie Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Anwar Sadat (1918)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924)
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
24,269 days ago
(66 years, 179 days)