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Friday, January 26, 1951
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The Headlines
INDIAN HOLDS LULL IN WAR SIGNIFICANT; Urges Arab-Asian Proposal in U.N. as Timely--New Zealand for Branding Aggressor
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
At War with the Army
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Paul Newman (1925)
- Angela Davis (1944)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
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
27,524 days ago
(75 years, 149 days)