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Tuesday, October 16, 1951
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The Headlines
4 Quit School Jobs in Red Inquiry; 2 Others Deny Communist Links; 4 Quit School Jobs in Red Inquiry; 2 Others Deny Communist Links
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
A Place in the Sun
The must-have
Colorforms
On This Day
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
27,261 days ago
(74 years, 251 days)