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Tuesday, September 26, 1950
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The Headlines
SEOUL REDS MAKE A COUNTER-ATTACK; Street Fighting Rages as Foe Hurls Final Blow to Oust U.N. Troops From Capital SEOUL REDS MAKE A COUNTER-ATTACK Lone Road Link Cut Seek to Keep Route Open
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
My Blue Heaven
The must-have
Silly Putty
On This Day
Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
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You Share a Birthday With
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- Manmohan Singh (1932)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Credit Cards, Pager & Otis Elevators (Self-Service).
Style of 1950
Silhouette: Hourglass and tailored
Material: Cotton and poodle cloth
- Poodle skirts
- Twinsets
- Cat-eye glasses
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,647 days ago
(75 years, 272 days)