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Saturday, May 3, 1952
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The Headlines
Oil Strike Cuts Down Flying Of Military Except in Korea; OIL STRIKE CUTS MILITARY FLYING
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The African Queen
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
Wikipedia →The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- James Brown (1933)
- Steven Weinberg (1933)
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
27,061 days ago
(74 years, 51 days)