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Friday, January 12, 1951
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The Headlines
O'DWYER MAY FACE QUERY ON FINANCES; McDonald Hints Questionnaire Used in Gaming Inquiry Will Be Offered to Ex-Mayor O'Dwyer May Face Finance Inquiry Using Jury's Gaming Questionnaire
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
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The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Haruki Murakami (1949)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,538 days ago
(75 years, 163 days)