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On the date
Wednesday, February 6, 1952
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The Headlines
3d Coplon Trial in Capital Planned; Wiretap Evidence to Be Excluded; U. S. PLANS 3D TRIAL FOR JUDITH COPLON
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ronald Reagan (1911)
- Bob Marley (1945)
- François Truffaut (1932)
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Eva Braun (1912)
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
27,148 days ago
(74 years, 138 days)