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Tuesday, February 23, 1954
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The Headlines
BRITAIN TO OFFER PACT TO AID E. D. C.; Treaty for Close Army Link Aimed to Overcome French Fear and Spur Approval BRITAIN TO OFFER PACT TO AID E. D. C.
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
The Glenn Miller Story
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
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You Share a Birthday With
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Viktor Yushchenko (1954)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
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
26,400 days ago
(72 years, 120 days)