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Friday, May 18, 1951
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The Headlines
BRITISH ADD POWER IN MEDITERRANEAN; NOTE TO IRAN FIRM; Admiralty Announces Increase of 7 Ships Coincidental With New Oil Solution Terms TEHERAN REDS SCORE U.S. Launch Drive to Nationalize American Concession on Island of Bahrein
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Great Caruso
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
27,412 days ago
(75 years, 37 days)