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On the date
Tuesday, April 27, 1954
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The Headlines
STEVENS CONCEDES SEEKING CURB ON M'CARTHY TO END BAD PUBLICITY FOR ARMY; CALLS 'DEAL' A LIE Secretary, Pressed, Is Told to Back Up His Charge Against Carr Stevens Concedes Seeking Curb On McCarthy to End Publicity
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Prince Valiant
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891)
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
26,338 days ago
(72 years, 58 days)