Americas
first satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral. This is also the year that
the Microchip first developed which is the very early stages of PC's we all now
use at work and at home.
The
cost of a new house cost $8,450.00, the average income per year was $3,210.00 to
$5,010.00, a gallon of gas was 18 cents
and by 1959 was 25 cents.
You could buy
1958 Chevrolet
Corvette $3631.
Men's All Wool Suits
$28.9
Square dance Cotton
Check Dress $3.29
Electric Portable
Singer Sewing Machine $19.90
Ronson Electric
Shaver $28.50
Rib Roast 29 cents
per pound
Ritz Crackers 32
cents
Rollaway Beds $14.95
Ring 1 carat Diamond $399.00
Mechanical Adding
Machine $3.98
Popular Culture 1958
The Wham-O company introduces
the Hula Hoop; over 100 million are sold.
The Broadway musical
"My Fair Lady" opens in London, with Rex Harrison as Professor
Higgins, and Julie Andrews playing Eliza Doolittle
Popular Films
The Bridge on the
River Kwai, South Pacific, Gigi, King Creole, Vertigo
Popular Singers
Elvis Presley, Billie
Holiday, Ricky Nelson, Frank Sinatra, The Everly Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry
Lee Lewis.
Popular TV Programmes
Candid
Camera, The Ed Sullivan Show, Come Dancing, The Jack Benny Show, Panorama, Alfred
Hitchcock Presents
But
besides all that good stuff, on March 10th 1958 Dawn Payne was born.
“HAPPY
BIRTHDAY DAWN”
