From the day
On the date
Tuesday, November 11, 1952
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The Headlines
7 Indicted in $228,000 Plot To Balk Jersey Gaming Cases; Fugitive Ex-Aide of Governor Charged With Receiving Fund to Bribe Officials in Bergen County Investigation GAMING BRIBE FUND IN JERSEY ALLEGED
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The must-have
Mr. Potato Head
You Share a Birthday With
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922)
- Paracelsus (1493)
- Daniel Ortega (1945)
- George S. Patton (1885)
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
26,870 days ago
(73 years, 225 days)