From the day
On the date
Tuesday, October 21, 1952
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The Headlines
First Snow News to Weather Man; Parts of Jersey Get a 2-Inch Fall; OPENING SNOWFALL GIVES CITY A CHILL
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Ivanhoe
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
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
26,890 days ago
(73 years, 245 days)