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On the date
Saturday, July 12, 1952
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The Headlines
Freed American Tells of Drugging With 'Truth Medicine' in China; FREED U. S. CAPTIVE TELLS OF DRUGGIING
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
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Richard Simmons (1948)
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
26,991 days ago
(73 years, 346 days)