From the day
On the date
Saturday, May 1, 1954
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The Headlines
Arabs Classify Neighbors as a Marauding People in Grip of Anarchy; JORDANIANS HOLD ISRAEL BARBARIAN
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Executive Suite
The must-have
Play-Doh
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
26,333 days ago
(72 years, 53 days)