From the day
On the date
Friday, January 22, 1954
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The Headlines
City Water Post Goes To a Negro Engineer; NEGRO ENGINEER GETS WATER JOB
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Knights of the Round Table
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
blastflickkiboshshades
Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
cooldigfar outhipsquare
Tech Check
Transistor Radio, Solar Cell & Non-Stick Pan (Teflon).
Cost of Living (1950)
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Gallon of Gas
$0.27
Average Home
$7,354
New Car
$1,510
Time Elapsed
26,432 days ago
(72 years, 152 days)