From the day
On the date
Saturday, September 1, 1951
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The Headlines
Senators Ask War on Crime By Private National Council; Kefauver Committee, in Its Final Report, Proposes Group to Coordinate Work of Local Citizens' Commissions COUNCIL PROPOSED FOR WAR ON CRIME 3 Reports Made Previously Grant Asked for Council Barbiturate Curb Asked
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Annie Ernaux (1940)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875)
- Roh Moo-hyun (1946)
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896)
- Francis William Aston (1877)
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
27,306 days ago
(74 years, 296 days)