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Sunday, June 29, 1952
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The Headlines
FOES TRADE NOTES IN KOREA TALK LULL; Allies Again Request Data on Sites of Captive Camps -- Reds Protest Walkout FOES TRADE NOTES IN KOREA TALK LULL
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Scaramouche
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
On This Day
The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900)
- Giorgio Napolitano (1925)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798)
- Murad I (1326)
- Oriana Fallaci (1929)
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
27,004 days ago
(73 years, 359 days)