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Saturday, June 28, 1952
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The Headlines
CONGRESS ENACTS IMMIGRATION BILL OVER TRUMAN VETO; Senate, 57-26, Follows House on Overriding President -- Law Effective in 6 Months POLITICAL LINES BROKEN Debate Is Bitter on Measure to Overhaul and Codify Alien and Naturalization Laws VETO OF ALIEN BILL KILLED IN CONGRESS
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
- Luigi Pirandello (1867)
- Muhammad Yunus (1940)
- Henry VIII (1491)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
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Beatnik
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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
27,006 days ago
(73 years, 361 days)