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On the date
Wednesday, April 9, 1952
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The Headlines
Phone Talks Stalled; Service Is Still Good; PHONE TALKS FAIL; SERVICE STILL GOOD
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Battle at Apache Pass
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
Wikipedia →Japan Air Lines Flight 301 crashes into Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan, killing 37.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Hugh Hefner (1926)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
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
27,085 days ago
(74 years, 75 days)