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Before there was Playboy, Penthouse and Pantyhose there were Pin-ups.
IN LATE BREAKING NEWS from 1959... Pantyhose, which give women the look of
stockings without garters, garter-belts, or corsets, are introduced. By
a man, no doubt. Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he
will never return to US. The Nikon F 35-mm. single-lens reflex camera is introduced by Nippon Kogaku K.K. She's here!
BARBIE! U.S. supermarkets number 32,000 and account for 69 percent of all food store sales although they comprise only 11 percent of food stores. South Africa decides not to introduce any television. The decision will stand for 16 years. Guess they'll have to catch Lucy on reruns. On the Air! You'd find 3,287AM radio, 578 FM radio and 509 TV Stations. Hurray for Jiffy Pop! Swimmer Esther Williams gets her own Wheaties box! Maxwell House inaugurates the "Good to the last drop" ad campaign. The BIC ballpoint pen is introduced in America! A banner year for imported passenger cars. Some 668,070 of them. Up from 21,287 in 1950.The trend will reverse itself and by 1961 when there are only 279,437 imports. One billionth can of Spam sold. Remember, you heard it here first. The second annual Grammy Awards! Confederate Walter Williams is the last veteran of the Civil War to die. Albert Woolson, the last Union soldier of the Civil War died in 1956. The average American worker earns $91.53 a week There are 36,981 motor vehicle related deaths. While in the air, there were 8 accidents resulting in 125 fatalities. 1959...US President US Vice President 1959 Sports Headlines ROGER WARD WINS THE INDY 500 AVERAGING 138.6 MPH. L.A. DODGERS WIN WORLD SERIES AFTER DEFEATING WHITE SOX. 2:02.1 WAS THE WINNING TIME FOR TOMY LEE TO WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY. MONTREAL BEATS TORONTO TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP IN HOCKEY. COLTS DEFEAT GIANTS 31-16 FOR NFL TITLE.
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