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Friday, March 21, 1952
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The Headlines
Senate Ratifies Japan Pacts And Treaties on Pacific Arms; AS THE SENATE RATIFIED THE JAPANESE PEACE TREATY JAPAN PEACE PACT VOTED BY SENATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Greatest Show on Earth †
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Sergey Lavrov (1950)
- Slavoj Žižek (1949)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
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
27,104 days ago
(74 years, 94 days)