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| 1957 Trivia .... Do you remember? | |
| - Cost of first class stamp - 3 cents. | |
| - Top Movies: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Twelve Angry Men, Sayonara, Peyton Place, Witness for the Prosecution, Around the World in 80 Days, Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I and The Ten Commandments | |
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The Frisbee is renamed and nationally marketed! |
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| - The average American production worker is now making $82.32 a week | |
| - 5,000 new products will hit the supermarket shelves, including frozen pizza | |
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At a Miami radio station, new employee Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
abruptly adopts a stage name - Larry King - and begins broadcasting.
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| - I can't believe it isn't...Margarine sales take the lead over butter. | |
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Homes & Gardens prints its first microwave-cooking article. |
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| - Proctor and Gamble acquired Charmin Paper Mills, a regional manufacturer of toilet tissue, towels and napkins. Dick Wilson, aka Mr. Whipple was a mere 41 years old. P&G also introduces Zest Soap | |
| - The 13-year-old Bobby Fisher becomes a chess champion | |
| - Don Bowden, US runner, breaks the 4 minute mile | |
| - John Kelley, 1st. American since 1945, wins Boston Marathon | |
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