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Thursday, October 11, 1951
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The Headlines
Security Council Will Meet Monday To Hear Iran's Premier in Oil Case; U.N. UNIT TO MEET MONDAY IN OIL CASE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Place in the Sun
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
- Amitabh Bachchan (1942)
- François Mauriac (1885)
- Bobby Charlton (1937)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758)
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
27,266 days ago
(74 years, 256 days)