YES. I ENTERED INTO THIS WORLD ON MAY 18 AT 7:35PM. DURING THAT TIME A FIRST CLASS POSTAGE STAMP WAS ONLY 6 CENTS. A TELEPHONE CALL AT THE PHONE BOOTH WAS ONLY 10 CENTS. THE FIRST PIZZA HUT OPENS IN KANSAS CITY, MO. THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY OPENS. THE TELEVISION SHOWS MOST WATCHED WAS WAGON TRAIN(NBC), THE RIFLEMAN(ABC) AND MAVERICK(ABC). 1958 SPORTS NEWS: WORLD SERIES CHAMPION NEW YORK YANKEES; U.S. OPEN GOLF TOMMY BOLT; PRO FOOTBALL CHAMPION BALTIMORE COLTS; INDIANAPOLIS 500 WINNER JIMMY BRYAN/133.791MPH; STANLEY CUP WINNER MONTREAL CANADIANS; NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPION KENTUCKY; COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS LSU & IOWA; HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER PETE DAWKINS FROM ARMY. REMEMBER WHEN.... WILLIE OREE WAS CALLED UP FROM THE MINOR LEAGUES BY THE BOSTON BRUINS TO BECOME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER IN NFL HISTORY. THE HOPE DIAMOND WAS DONATED TO THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM. COST OF LIVING THEN WAS; NEW HOUSE $11,975.00; AVERAGE INCOME $4,650.00; NEW CAR $2,155.00; AVERAGE RENT $95.00; TUITION TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY $1000; MOVIE TICKET $1.00; GASOLINE .24 CENTS PER GALLON; SOME FOOD PRICES; SUGAR 89 CENTS FOR 10 POUNDS; MILK $1.01 FOR A GALLON; COFFEE 93 CENTS A POUND; BACON .62 CENTS A POUND; EGGS .28 CENTS A DOZEN; HAMBURGER MEAT .57 CENTS A POUND; A LOAF OF BREAD .19 CENTS. SOME BIRTHS DURING THIS 1958 YEAR; ALAN JACKSON 10/17; MADONNA 8/16; MICHEAL JACKSON 8/29; JENNIFER JASON LEIGH 2/5; SHARON STONE 3/10; ALEC BALDWIN 4/3; KEENEN IVORY WAYANS 6/8; WADE BOGGS 6/15. I JUST THOUGHT I GIVE YOU A LITTLE OF REMEMBER WHEN IN 1958.
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