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Wednesday, April 4, 1951
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The Headlines
3 SENATE UNITS AID SHIP INVESTIGATION; Fulbright Group Will Select One of Others to Study Tanker Transactions 3 Senate Groups Aid Wide ship Inquiry Members of Casey Group Johnson Gets Records
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Royal Wedding
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
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
27,457 days ago
(75 years, 82 days)