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On the date
Monday, July 14, 1952
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The Headlines
Eisenhower Appoints Staff With Summerfield as Chief; THE OFFICERS OF THE NEW REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE EISENHOWER PICKS CAMPAIGN LEADERS
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
- Gerald Ford (1913)
- Ingmar Bergman (1918)
- Gustav Klimt (1862)
- Cardinal Mazarin (1602)
- Gavrila Derzhavin (1743)
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
26,989 days ago
(73 years, 344 days)