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On the date
Sunday, September 2, 1951
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The Headlines
LABOR DAY PLEAS SOMBER IN THEME; Truman Message Urges Equal Sacrifices for Defense Job-- Holiday Exodus Continues
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
That's My Boy
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
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)