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On the date
Tuesday, May 13, 1952
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The Headlines
Foe Insists on Continuing Talks; FOE ASSERTS FLIERS KILLED TRUCE AIDE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Belles on Their Toes
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
27,052 days ago
(74 years, 42 days)