From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 9, 1952
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The Headlines
Escape of an Imprisoned American Reported by Prague After 7 Months; U. S. Unable to Confirm News -- Near Jersey Man Held Since 1948 as Spy PRAGUE ANNOUNCES AMERICAN'S ESCAPE
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
High Noon
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Leonid Kuchma (1938)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
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
26,963 days ago
(73 years, 318 days)