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Friday, May 7, 1954
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The Headlines
PEACE PRESSURES ON BIDAULT MOUNT; Geneva Observers Consider French Vote as Move for Indo-China Settlement PEACE PRESSURES ON BIDAULT MOUNT
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Executive Suite
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
- David Hume (1711)
- Johannes Brahms (1833)
- Josip Broz Tito (1892)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Greaser
cruisin'daddy-odibsknuckle sandwichpad
Beatnik
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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
26,328 days ago
(72 years, 48 days)