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1958 |
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Top News Headlines for the Month I was Born |
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Oct 1 - Sputnik 3 Launched. Oct 1 - NASA formally started operations. Oct 2 - Elvis Presley checks in at the Friedberg barracks in West Germany. Oct 4 - British (Comet 4) first to open a transatlantic passenger jet service. Oct 6 - USS Seawolf Atomic Sub sets new underwater endurance record. Oct 8 - Arne Larsson, first person ever to receive a fully implanted pacemaker system. Oct 9 - Death of Pope Pius XII. Oct 11 - Pioneer 1: NASA's first launch, Oct 12 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR. Oct 12 - WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting. Oct 13 - Harold Burton retires from the Supreme Court. Oct 17 - Fred Astaire made his starring television debut. Oct 17 - Soviet Sub K-19 "Widowmaker" Keel laid. Oct 31 - The Geneva Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapons Tests. |
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Top Songs for 1958 |
Top TV in 1958 |
| Don't by Elvis Presley |
Gunsmoke |
| Tequila by the Champs | I Love Lucy |
| He's Got the Whole World In His Hands by Laurie London | Leave it to Beaver |
| All I Have to Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers | Burns and Allen Show |
| The Chipmunk Song by David Seville/The Chipmunks | Dragnet |
| It's All In the Game by Tommy Edwards | Ed Sullivan Show |
| At the Hop by Danny & the Juniors | Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley | Perry Mason |
| Volare by Domenico Modugno | |
| Sugartime by the McGuire Sisters | |
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Average Prices in 1958 |
US President in 1958 |
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Bread: |
19¢ LOAF |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Milk: |
13¢ PINT | ||
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Eggs: |
85¢ DOZEN |
US Vice President in 1958 |
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Stamp: |
4¢ FIRST CLASS |
Richard M. Nixon |
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Gasoline: |
30¢ GALLON | ||
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Average Car: |
$2,200 |
Academy Winners 1958 |
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House: |
$18,200 | Best Picture: Gigi DIRECTED BY VINCENTE MINNELLI | |
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Avg Income: |
$5,565 YEAR | Best Actor: David Niven in SEPARATE TABLES | |
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Min Wage: |
$1.00 HOUR | Best Actress: Susan Hayward in I WANT TO LIVE | |
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DOW Avg: |
584 | ||
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Popular New Toys in 1958 |
Top Books in 1958 |
| The Frisbee | Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith |
| Tonka Trucks | Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov |
| The Hula Hoop | The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith |
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From the Issue of LIFE magazine the day I was born |
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| WWII BRITISH GENERAL MONTGOMERY WAS ON THE COVER | HOUSES HAD DOWN PAYMENTS OF A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS! | THERE WAS NO DVD OR TIVO BACK THEN. THIS WAS CONSIDERED REVOLUTIONARY HOME ENTERTAINMENT! | ...AND HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A COMPUTER?! | |||
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| NO DOMINOS EITHER! THIS WAS IT FOR "FAST PIZZA". | APPLIANCES WERE BIG ADVERTISEMENT ITEMS. | THIS WAS A VERY SPORTY CAR OF THE DAY! | THIS IS THE "MODERN" COMMON CAR OF THE DAY. | |||
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| ARTHUR GODFREY WAS STILL A POWERFUL ADVERTISING FORCE. | TODAY, YOU CAN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THE NAMES OF MOST OF THE US COMPANIES. | VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON IN THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. | THE TOMORROW OF YESTERDAY? | |||
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Copyright (c) 2002, Keith Turbyfill. All rights reserved. |
