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On the date
Saturday, June 12, 1954
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The Headlines
Flanders Moves in Senate To Strip McCarthy of Posts; FLANDERS MOVES TO CURB M'CARTHY
Read in The New York Times →#1 at the box office
Three Coins in the Fountain
The must-have
Play-Doh
On This Day
Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints.
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You Share a Birthday With
- George H. W. Bush (1924)
- Anne Frank (1929)
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
- Johanna Spyri (1827)
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
26,291 days ago
(72 years, 11 days)