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Monday, April 14, 1952
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The Headlines
500,000 IN 5TH AVE. FOR EASTER PARADE; Publicity-Seeking Mars Day -Models Pose at St. Patrick's -- TV Cameras Big Lure Easter Sunday: It Was a Day Marked by Solemnity, Finery and Inclement Weather 500,000 IN 5TH AVE. FOR EASTER PARADE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Singin' in the Rain
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
- Averroes (1126)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)
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
27,081 days ago
(74 years, 71 days)