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On the date
Monday, January 7, 1952
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The Headlines
300-Year-Old Church in Queens Refuses $1,000,000 for Its Site; CHURCH IN QUEENS MARKS 300TH YEAR
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
I'll See You in My Dreams
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Millard Fillmore (1800)
- Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
- Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)
- Joseph Bonaparte (1768)
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
27,179 days ago
(74 years, 169 days)