From the day
On the date
Sunday, March 25, 1951
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The Headlines
Million a Year Flee Mexico Only to Find Peonage Here; Illegal Migration Across 1,600-Mile Border by Seasonal Slave Labor Depresses Latin and U.S. Levels Alike MILLION MEXICANS CROSS LINE YEARLY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Royal Wedding
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Elton John (1947)
- Aretha Franklin (1942)
- Béla Bartók (1881)
- Catherine of Siena (1347)
- Norman Borlaug (1914)
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
27,466 days ago
(75 years, 91 days)