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On the date
Monday, November 19, 1951
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The Headlines
TWO BUS LINES BAR 40-HOUR DEMANDS AS FLOUTING PACTS; Fifth Avenue and the New York Omnibus Call Union's Stand Wholly 'Indefensible' QUILL WARNS OF 'TROUBLE' Voices Doubt 1,000,000 Riders Will Have '30 Shopping Days Till Christmas'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
An American in Paris
The must-have
Colorforms
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (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
27,227 days ago
(74 years, 217 days)