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Tuesday, October 9, 1951
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The Headlines
CAIRO ACTS TO OUST BRITISH FROM SUEZ AND CONTROL SUDAN; Premier Denounces 1936 Pact, Asks for Its Abrogation by Parliamentary Decree MOVE IS CALLED ILLEGAL London Argues Treaty Cannot Be Ended--Nahas Says, He Has Means to Eject Troops Asks for Abrogation of Pact Says He Spoke to Envoy British Rights Threatened Egypt Moves to Oust the British From Suez, Take Over All Sudan Premier Recalls Negotiations
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
David and Bathsheba †
The must-have
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
- Emil Fischer (1852)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
27,268 days ago
(74 years, 258 days)