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On the date
Wednesday, November 7, 1951
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The Headlines
Truman Wins Delay Of a New Rail Strike; RAIL STRIKE IS SET; TRUMAN DELAYS IT Union Assurance Refused Cost of Living a Factor Complex Schedule Proposed Only Course," Says Union Head ORDERS RAIL STRIKE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
27,239 days ago
(74 years, 229 days)