From the day
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Friday, February 1, 1952
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The Headlines
Churchill Economy Program Upheld by 31-Vote Margin; Labor Is Defeated on Censure Motion--Bevan Assails Prime Minister as 'Unfit,' and Scores Gaitskell, Attlee Aide
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Boris Yeltsin (1931)
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
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
27,154 days ago
(74 years, 144 days)