From the day
On the date
Saturday, February 16, 1952
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The Headlines
Detective Seized in Robbery Gang; Monaghan Incensed, Lunges at Him; IN CUSTODY HERE AS MEMBERS OF BURGLARY GANG
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Quo Vadis
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
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
27,139 days ago
(74 years, 129 days)