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Wednesday, August 22, 1951
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The Headlines
BRITISH GIVE IRAN ULTIMATUM ON OIL; Stokes Withdraws Proposals, Sets Noon Deadline Today for Teheran to Reconsider BRITISH GIVE IRAN ULTIMATUM ON OIL Unwillingness to Agree Parliament Meets Today British Ministers Confer STATEMENT BY STOKES
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
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
27,317 days ago
(74 years, 307 days)