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Friday, June 13, 1952
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The Headlines
Steel Seizure Plan Dies in Senate; Truman Will Not Use Draft Law; SENATE KILLS MOVE FOR STEEL SEIZURE STUDYING THE NATION'S STEEL NEEDS FOR DEFENSE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
About Face
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
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You Share a Birthday With
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
- Ban Ki-moon (1944)
- W. B. Yeats (1865)
- John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888)
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
27,020 days ago
(74 years, 10 days)