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Monday, October 15, 1951
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The Headlines
Typhoon Wrecks U.N. Troopship; Soldiers and Crew Safe Off Japan; TYPHOON WRECKS A U.N. TROOPSHIP
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Place in the Sun
The must-have
Colorforms
On This Day
Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
27,262 days ago
(74 years, 252 days)