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Friday, April 20, 1951
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The Headlines
20 POLICE HOMES RAIDED FOR LINKS TO GAMBLING RING; Clothing Seizures Recall That Gross Sent 'Friends' to His Tailor and Paid the Bills LEIBOWITZ ISSUES WRITS Owners of Confiscated Items Are 'Intensively' Questioned Before Kings Grand Jury Armed With Search Warrants Questioning Is "Intensive"
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Father's Little Dividend
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939)
- Jessica Lange (1949)
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
27,441 days ago
(75 years, 66 days)