From the day
On the date
Friday, July 11, 1952
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The Headlines
Peiping Demands U. N. Stop 'Bargaining' Over Captives; Herren Is Named Logistics Chief, Freeing Van Fleet to Concentrate on Battle A YEAR OF TRUCE TALK RECORDS REDS DEMAND U. N. STOP 'BARGAINING'
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Lovely to Look At
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Giorgio Armani (1934)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
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
26,992 days ago
(73 years, 347 days)