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On the date
Thursday, August 2, 1951
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The Headlines
Navy Air Out of War Games In Service Rift Over Tactics; Naval Air Is Dropped From War Games in Service Rift Reflects Larger Rifts Wartime Conclusions Differ Army Seeks Control A Fundamental Difference A Climax to Training
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Show Boat
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
27,337 days ago
(74 years, 327 days)