From the day
On the date
Thursday, October 26, 1950
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The Headlines
POLICE ARREST 282 IN DRIVE BY MAYOR TO BAR VOTE FRAUD; 20 Plead Guilty to Vagrancy Charge--8 Sentenced, 12 Are Remanded to Jail ONLY SEVEN ARE PAROLED Seizures Planned to Election Day--8 in Net Found to Have Jumped Ship Nere Twenty Plead Guilty Many Others Questioned
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
All About Eve
The must-have
Silly Putty
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Bob Hoskins (1942)
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
27,616 days ago
(75 years, 241 days)