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On the date
Friday, May 9, 1952
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The Headlines
Biggest U. N. Korea Air Blow Wipes Out Foe's Supply Base; Allied Fighter-Bombers' All-Day Blasting of Suan, Near North's Capital of Pyongyang, Seen Also as 'Warning' to Communists BIG U. N. AIR BLOW RAZES A RED BASE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Belles on Their Toes
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- J. M. Barrie (1860)
- Howard Carter (1874)
- Glenda Jackson (1936)
- José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
- Sophie Scholl (1921)
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
27,055 days ago
(74 years, 45 days)